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Originally Posted by DanEC
I've noticed that pattern with oil pan, transmission pan and valve cover gaskets - I assume the gaskets are compressing and losing their elastic compressibility under engine heat. In this day and age you would think they would have some miracle polymer that would not do this. |
Oh, there's some nasty industrial / aerospace stuff out there that hasn't quite met all requirements for consumer use. Some are amazing and some are just plain over the top! Like... once you seal it, forget it unless you want to use hard core methods to take it apart.
