WTF

took my pan off to jb weld ---- to it, found this wierd ---- in my oil pickup

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CRXDrew

looks like excess gasket material.. RTV to be more specific. .

Thats why your not suppose to slap a ---- load of RTV all over the oil pan gasket

WTF

only stuff on the pan gasket was grey.. i did use that color on the valve cover though, but it looks like a small ring of whatever it is. guess i should pull it out..

Xgenturbo

Well the engine looks clean inside, almost too clean, no gunked on oil, it was probably taken apart recently, when did you buy that engine/car?

The reason I am saying this is honda does not use red RTV, they use some white factory crap.

Cray91

Well it is obviously not OE or from the oil. Have you taken it out yet? What is it made of? What does it feel like, stretchy, soft ect.

Looks just like orange RTV. Even it it was in the head the oil drains back to the pan from there.

WTF

its a z6 with 163k hard miles on it, i got it from some guy in a trade who seems to have neglected it, he was too lazy to even fix the hanging busted muffler, and kicked the ---- out of the front end when the hood wouldnt latch. it has great compression so who knows. its bout to get its *** molested with junkyard love.

ill pull whatever that is out when i wake up


crap i got in another trade thats going in

Tom-Guy

That is far and away not a clean engine, it's seen some bronzing from overheating and the girdle has some build up.

W O T

For 160k miles, its clean as ----

Tom-Guy

Oh, yeah, I agree with you there. Most strong running 160K motors look poopy.

WTF

i overheated it the other day expermenting with cardboard. it probly looked even cleaner