The gasket is about 6months old with 10k miles on it when I changed it back in October. It seems like it is relatively new so I wouldn’t be a big deal as long as I rtv the cover corners. I was just seeing if this is possible to do in order to save some money when I drop the pan to clean lifter pieces out of it.
Can I re-use my oil pan gasket.
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I would.
Have you re-used a lightly used and new gasket.
Valve cover gasket yes.
oh okay. I think I should be fine then. I know if my truck leaks more oil than it already does from the rear cover gasket. I know I will need to do the pan again.
While it is said that depending on the application of a gasket and how it is made up can allow for reuse of a gasket at times, I would never ever reuse a gasket or seal. The savings is not enough to justify it IMO but of course it is your call.
wjburken
Supporting Member
I find it funny where people choose to try and save money while working on their vehicles.
Let’s see.....we’re talking about a $30-$40 item, right? I tell people that there is some money that I can’t afford to save, and this would be some of that money, in my opinion. When you figure the amount of effort required to put a new one in should the reused gasket fail, in addition to the cost of the new oil you will need to buy since you’ll need to drain the pan to fix it should it fail (assuming you don’t reuse the oil since it’s only got 1000 miles on it
), I can’t see the benefits of reusing the gasket out weighting the potential downside.
Let’s see.....we’re talking about a $30-$40 item, right? I tell people that there is some money that I can’t afford to save, and this would be some of that money, in my opinion. When you figure the amount of effort required to put a new one in should the reused gasket fail, in addition to the cost of the new oil you will need to buy since you’ll need to drain the pan to fix it should it fail (assuming you don’t reuse the oil since it’s only got 1000 miles on it
), I can’t see the benefits of reusing the gasket out weighting the potential downside.
FrankU
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Would you like to have to drop the oil pan again because of a leak ? Do it once , correctly.
Tonyv__
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I wouldn’t. Just my preference. I’d hate to have to pull the pan again because I cut corners
