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Oil Pan Gasket - Another Question

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Subject: Oil Pan Gasket - Another Question
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 17:35:51 -0400
After reading the recent thread regarding the oil pan gasket, I read the 
Bentley manual regarding replacement of same.

The procedure says to "smear grease on both sides of a new gasket and place 
in position on the sump".

Is this just to prevent shifting during installation or does the grease 
have some magical sealing properties?


Atwell "Inquiring Mind" Haines
'79 Spitfire (with leaky oil pan gasket)
Succasunna, NJ USA


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