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Old 10-19-2009, 11:57 AM   #29 (permalink)
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This is not a suggestion, just my experience.

Hell, I don't use gaskets on oil-retaining surfaces at all, no matter what car it is.

I use RTV on trans pans, valve covers, and oil pans. Also, basically anywhere that would otherwise be OK with a paper gasket.

If the car came with silicone or rubber-like gaskets in those places, I reuse them. I dont' normally buy gaskets, though.

I also never put exhaust manifold gaskets back on.
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