2.2 ecotech Oil pan gasket. Do i HAVE to use silicone on the oil sump openeing ??
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2.2 ecotech Oil pan gasket. Do i HAVE to use silicone on the oil sump openeing ??
So my friends 04 malibu classic has a 2.2 ecotec engine thats a complete POS burns oil like mad which seems to be common.. its coming from the intake and valve cover an that amazing design internal pcv.. air hat is coated in oil inside.
Her timing chain guide broke so i had to take the vslve cover timing cover off and i replaced the whole chain sprockets and new bolts ect.. i could only find 3 peices of the guide though..
After it was all together i tutned it on and it was veey quiet and ran good.. But i knew i needed to drop the oil pan to find the other peices...
WHAT A NIGHTMARE this oil pan took me hours and hour and hours and hour to remove.... thanks to the entire damn subframe needing to be taken off..
After 14 hours working on this Pos GM car i finally got the oil pan back on used silicone on it.. but i was ao tired and wasnt thinking and i just realized it now in bed that i didnt put gasket maker on the oil pickup thingy.. TBH i didnt know it needed to be there..
Im used to REAL engines have a screw in sump thingy that have mesh on em and go to the bottom of the pan..
The engine ran fine sounded fine.. didnt sound oil starved.. no clacking or valve train noise.. And i love how this car has no oil pressure gauge or battery guage... Peice of junk man.. my 30 year old jeep has all of that for crying out loud.
Sorry for my rant but it shouldnt take 5
+ hours for just a oil pan alone.. because you have to drop subframes or remove engines to drop a pan.
Do i REALLY need to do this alll over again to put gasket maker around thr oil pans sump pickup.... Please tell me i dont have to do this again.. Of course im sure i have too because im thinking without the gasket itll probly be sucking up air..... but then if it was doing that wouldnt i be hesring valve train noise from oil starvation.. I mean the test drive came back finr i pushed the pedal to the floor and nothing its quieter now then before i put a new chain and tensioner on. (of course i did this before i realized the gasket)
Uhg Or do you think im okay ?
Her timing chain guide broke so i had to take the vslve cover timing cover off and i replaced the whole chain sprockets and new bolts ect.. i could only find 3 peices of the guide though..
After it was all together i tutned it on and it was veey quiet and ran good.. But i knew i needed to drop the oil pan to find the other peices...
WHAT A NIGHTMARE this oil pan took me hours and hour and hours and hour to remove.... thanks to the entire damn subframe needing to be taken off..
After 14 hours working on this Pos GM car i finally got the oil pan back on used silicone on it.. but i was ao tired and wasnt thinking and i just realized it now in bed that i didnt put gasket maker on the oil pickup thingy.. TBH i didnt know it needed to be there..
Im used to REAL engines have a screw in sump thingy that have mesh on em and go to the bottom of the pan..
The engine ran fine sounded fine.. didnt sound oil starved.. no clacking or valve train noise.. And i love how this car has no oil pressure gauge or battery guage... Peice of junk man.. my 30 year old jeep has all of that for crying out loud.
Sorry for my rant but it shouldnt take 5
+ hours for just a oil pan alone.. because you have to drop subframes or remove engines to drop a pan.
Do i REALLY need to do this alll over again to put gasket maker around thr oil pans sump pickup.... Please tell me i dont have to do this again.. Of course im sure i have too because im thinking without the gasket itll probly be sucking up air..... but then if it was doing that wouldnt i be hesring valve train noise from oil starvation.. I mean the test drive came back finr i pushed the pedal to the floor and nothing its quieter now then before i put a new chain and tensioner on. (of course i did this before i realized the gasket)
Uhg Or do you think im okay ?
Last edited by Jon-Erik Peterson; Oct 10, 2018 at 12:11 AM.