Oil pan gasket vs rtv

jeff alder said
I agree with Rusty again. The RTV is a mess. The cork and rubber one's form fit as well. As the pan bolts are tightened the cork or rubber seals any minor imperfections in the mating surfaces. I prefer the rubber ones as they can generally be reused. Unevenly tightening the pan bolts or over torquing them is usually where the problems can arise.
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Well, when you don't have the option for a nice one piece rubber gasket, all there is is cork crap and it is ALL crap nowadays. They've thinned it out so thin that even torquing it to hal the rated torque normally tears the gasket and you now have a leak. I'll keep using the RTV. It just doesn't leak.