RTV gasket or Rubber gasket?

Technical aspects of automobiles, et. al., post #20,353
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 Denny B
 2008-06-12 04:33:18
 RTV gasket or Rubber gasket?
Purchased a transmission filter kit
for my 2006 Dodge caravan 3.3L from NAPA.
Kit has , filter, O ring and rubber
transmission pan gasket. This will be
first filter and fluid change on vehicle.

As I understand it, as the vehicle now
stands the transmission pan gasket does
not have a rubber gasket but Mopar ATF RTV
MS-GF41 ( silicon? )
Will I have any known problems getting
the pan off with this RTV?

The manual tells you to put a 1/8 inch bead
of the above on the Transmission pan when
replacing it. It also says put this RTV under
the bolt heads.
I want to use the rubber pan gasket that came
with the kit.

Is there a preference between a rubber gasket
and RTV?

Thank you in advance
Denny B
Rtv
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 Ashton Crusher
 2008-06-14 00:06:55
 Re: RTV gasket or Rubber gasket?
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:33:18 GMT, Denny B <[email protected]> wrote:

>Purchased a transmission filter kit
>for my 2006 Dodge caravan 3.3L from NAPA.
>Kit has , filter, O ring and rubber
>transmission pan gasket. This will be
>first filter and fluid change on vehicle.
>
>As I understand it, as the vehicle now
>stands the transmission pan gasket does
>not have a rubber gasket but Mopar ATF RTV
>MS-GF41 ( silicon? )
>Will I have any known problems getting
>the pan off with this RTV?
>
>The manual tells you to put a 1/8 inch bead
>of the above on the Transmission pan when
>replacing it. It also says put this RTV under
>the bolt heads.
>I want to use the rubber pan gasket that came
>with the kit.
>
>Is there a preference between a rubber gasket
>and RTV?
>
>Thank you in advance
>Denny B
>Rtv

My preference would be the rubber gasket. I think the manufacturers
use the RTV because it's cheap and easy and most likely the RTV as
well as the pan is installed by a robot.
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 Andy
 2008-06-15 17:30:05
 Re: RTV gasket or Rubber gasket?
In article <[email protected]>,
Ashton Crusher <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:33:18 GMT, Denny B <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Purchased a transmission filter kit
> >for my 2006 Dodge caravan 3.3L from NAPA.
> >Kit has , filter, O ring and rubber
> >transmission pan gasket. This will be
> >first filter and fluid change on vehicle.
> >
> >As I understand it, as the vehicle now
> >stands the transmission pan gasket does
> >not have a rubber gasket but Mopar ATF RTV
> >MS-GF41 ( silicon? )
> >Will I have any known problems getting
> >the pan off with this RTV?
> >
> >The manual tells you to put a 1/8 inch bead
> >of the above on the Transmission pan when
> >replacing it. It also says put this RTV under
> >the bolt heads.
> >I want to use the rubber pan gasket that came
> >with the kit.
> >
> >Is there a preference between a rubber gasket
> >and RTV?
> >
> >Thank you in advance
> >Denny B
> >Rtv
>
> My preference would be the rubber gasket. I think the manufacturers
> use the RTV because it's cheap and easy and most likely the RTV as
> well as the pan is installed by a robot.

Likewise.

Just don't overtighten those pan bolts, or you could potentially warp
the pan. Then you'll need both the gasket and the RTV goop...

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 zzyzzx
 2008-06-26 12:01:26
 Re: RTV gasket or Rubber gasket?
I've used both with no problems. Personally I'd prefer to use the
gasket becasue when of all the waiting times involved with using RTV
(the time I used it was on a transmission side pan that was vertical,
so I had to let the car drip overnight so that the gasket area would
be clean).

I suspect that the situation where one uses RTV is when can't get a
real gasket.