Sump gasket

[medieval]

Morning all - any recommendations for the best place to source a sump gasket for a 4L RV8? I'm guessing it can be done together with the oil change.

Thanks in advance.

[Seasider]

Loctite 598

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Seasider said:

Loctite 598

This is what the factory used I believe!

[PeterC]

The sump does not use a gasket and I would not recommend one. I tried this and the enegine heat cooked the gasket corking and it disintegrated into the sump. Luckily I was taken the sump off again so saw the problem before it bacame one! The debris will block the oil pickup and starve the engine of oil.

What a TVR mechanic told me to do was to buy a tube of the liquid gasket stuff. Squeeze this onto the sump mating surface like toothpaste then leave it to dry. Do not be tempted to spread the sealant around.

You can even leave the sump overnight for the sealant to dry on the surface. What you are left with is a rubbery tube like gasket that squashes nicely into all the little gaps when the sump is tightened.

[CLN1]

RV8 rubber gasket and gasket sealer

[spend]

CLN1 said:

RV8 rubber gasket and gasket sealer

Where did you get that from then? I thought they were only available for the later models (p38) which have a different sump.

Dave

[medieval]

Thanks chaps- glad I asked now.

[CLN1]

spend said:

CLN1 said:

RV8 rubber gasket and gasket sealer

Where did you get that from then? I thought they were only available for the later models (p38) which have a different sump.

Dave

Fitted it to my 98 Griff 500, got it from a local independant.

Colin.

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CLN1 said:

spend said:

CLN1 said:

RV8 rubber gasket and gasket sealer

Where did you get that from then? I thought they were only available for the later models (p38) which have a different sump.

Dave

Fitted it to my 98 Griff 500, got it from a local independant.

Colin.

Any more info? I'd certainly like some of those

Dave

[CLN1]

spend said:

CLN1 said:

spend said:

CLN1 said:

RV8 rubber gasket and gasket sealer

Where did you get that from then? I thought they were only available for the later models (p38) which have a different sump.

Dave

Fitted it to my 98 Griff 500, got it from a local independant.

Colin.

Any more info? I'd certainly like some of those

Dave

Give Ian lambert a call at www.torquervt.co.uk

Colin.

[macdeb]

Bead of silicone, but don't be tempted to use too much as it will fall into sump and be sucked up by pick up pipe

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CLN1 said:

Give Ian lambert a call at www.torquervt.co.uk

Ta, e-mailed them - lazy boogers must have gone home

Dave