oil pan gasket

[suprastarr]

Is this difficult to change? Will I need any special tools?

[joel26]

no special tools to remove it other than hand tools.. but the time i did it many years ago the engine was out.. i don't know how hard it will be or if it can be done with the engine still on... i am sure it can be done by undoing the motor mount and jack up the engine a little.. don't know if it will clear to do it... but i am sure some else will chime in with a better solution....

[morgan]

Do not use a cork gasket. The FSM tells you to buy toyota oil pan and cam shaft FIPG. Lay a bead between block and windage tray, and tray and oil pan. Stay inside the bolts/studs to avoid leakage. The FIPG is $10ish at the dealer

[suprastarr]

What is FIPG?

[morgan]

form in place gasket. Its like rtv, but get the toyota stuff. Its 1000x better

[suprastarr]

Ohhh it's like that right stuff gasket maker. Lol that stuff is pretty good. I'm just not big on rtv for oil pans I had a bad experience doing that with my supra....

[morgan]

Its not rtv, toyota makes it for this purpose.

[suprastarr]

Ohhh I see. How much is that stuff?

[morgan]

Do not use a cork gasket. The FSM tells you to buy toyota oil pan and cam shaft FIPG. Lay a bead between block and windage tray, and tray and oil pan. Stay inside the bolts/studs to avoid leakage. The FIPG is $10ish at the dealer

[suprastarr]

Ok thanks for the info

[dr.occa]

Here's the trick if you don't mind me adding my .02:

#1 - clean ALL mating surfaces thoroughly with degreaser and chase it with a swab of rubbing alcohol & let air dry
#2 - lay down the bead
#3 - there should be 2 studs still in the block on either side (L & R), line up the pan and thread the nuts on a couple of turns, then put in 1 or 2 bolts in the front and rear - GENTLY FINGER TIGHTEN THE BOLTS AND NUTS ENOUGH TO PRESS THE PAN UP AGAINST THE FIPG BUT NOT SQUEEZE IT OUT in a star pattern.
#4 - let it set for a couple of hours
#5 - come back and hand tighten them NOT GORILLA HANDS (again star pattern)
#6 - let it set another hour and tighten to factory torque (again star pattern) and let sit over night
#7 - tighten again to factory torque (again star pattern).
#8 - fill with oil (weight of oil introduced new variable to pan/block mating). tighten to factory torque.

Seems like a long process but it's worth it isn't it.

[suprastarr]

That's not even close to what I was told to do on my supra oil pan....might be why I had problems lol. Thanks for the info! All of this has been vary helpful.

[dr.occa]

Oh yeah, keep in mind that you'll have a windage tray that's sandwiched between the block and pan so you'll need a bead of FIPG between both sides of the "salami".

[suprastarr]

Oh yeah, keep in mind that you'll have a windage tray that's sandwiched between the block and pan so you'll need a bead of FIPG between both sides of the "salami".

Well I finally got around to doing this yesterday and there was nothing between the pan and block...?
I also still have an oil leak I believe its the crankshaft seal the oil pan looked leak free.

[suprastarr]

Turns out it was my front crankshaft seal changed it and my leaks fixed.