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- From: yp@cbnews.cb.att.com (yagnesh.pathak)
- Subject: Oilpan Gasket in Corolla
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:31:04 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.193104.13958@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: Gasket, Silicon, oilpan
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- Folks:
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- I have a 85 Toyota Corolla and have been noticing some oil drops in my
- garage lately. Took it to a Goodyear guy and he said that "It needs a
- oilpan gasket. We recommend that you take your car to an authorized
- dealer". Fine.
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- I called on dealer and he quotes $19 for the part (oilpan gasket) and some
- $140 for labor. When I call this other place, i was told that this car
- does not have a oilpan gasket - all it has is silicon!!!
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- Any expert on this? If it is silicon, this involves removing the oilpan,
- scrubb the old silicon and put in new silicon compound. How much work
- is this? I guess removing oilpan means draining all the oil also.
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- I would appreciate any tips on this. Has anyone done this job or
- it is recommended to be left to the dealer?
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- Thanks
-
- Yagnesh Pathak
- yp\@cbosgd.att.com
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