Help, Another Oil Pan Leak Thread

Since this has been off and on a lot, make sure the areas around the bolts are flat, and level with the rest of the pan's gasket surface. If you have put significant torque on the bolts trying to get things to seal, then these areas may well be distorted, and that will disrupt the sealing pressure in some areas. It should not take much bolt torque at all to get things to seal well.

I always use a skim coat only of RTV on the side gaskets and a modest bead of RTV around the end seal. RTV goes on both sides of all gaskets, with a blob in the 4 corners where the sides meet the end. Use Black RTV and let it set up overnight.

Also, were the small 'sprues' in the rear main seal that go in the slots under the rear cap in place when the rear seal was installed? These come in couple of configurations.