Learn how to use RTV to make a rear differential gasket, waterpump gasket, oil pan gasket, thermostat gasket, valve cover gasket, or whatever needs a gasket but you cant find a gasket. Using this method will help make sure you seal whatever you are working on, properly. If you dont use the RTV gasket maker correctly then you can get a leak and all that hard work was for nothing.
Here is the RTV I used: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FW2NB2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000FW2NB2&linkCode=as2&tag=chri0e2-20&linkId=ZNK4MMBHUJ45JGCS
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17 thoughts on “How to use rtv and properly make a gasket”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ACanOfFosters says:

    ChrisFix before he was happy all the time…

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars sosossssable says:

    is it verry wrong if i torqued the gasked to proper torque, after 4 days, coz i forgot to do it then… ?

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Whit Siever says:

    Me just here trying to figure out is a 50mL tube enough for one oil pan?

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sooyster says:

    Crazy watching this in 2023 and seeing just how far good ol' Christopher Fixopher has come

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Luis Ponce says:

    Great Video

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RizzJizzler says:

    My 1988 Suzuki Samurai doesn't use an oil pan gasket at all. It is like that from the factory. Only rtv. I could never get a good answer on instruction on how to properly use rtv and the diagram in my service manual is old and black and white so you can't properly see the bead at all. Your video has helped alot.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sampson Wu says:

    What would I use to temporarily hold a gasket to a bank 1 cat so that I can bolt the cat + gasket to the engine manifold?

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Porter says:

    Matt saracen

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rob Jenkins says:

    Seems all good in your procedure. Personally I would also loop it fully around the holes, not just the inside. Although I would close around the holes after I'd done the main run. Anyone else have thoughts on this ? Oh and for anyone with a lathe or know someone that does, I would get a couple of longer guide pins to pass straight through cover and then through the tapped holes and then press home the cover. Temporary studs fixed in the housing could work, but if you miss hit them on approach then your gonna have to fix that sealant smudge again.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David A says:

    This is a classic ChrisFix video because it doesn't start with "Heey Guyss!!…"

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars UntestedUnit says:

    Cuts the desired thickness

    "But you can't go back"

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Fresh55n9ne says:

    Thanks to this video I was able to fix my valve cover leak I changed the gaskets 3 times with torque specs

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars sypher0101 says:

    Why red and not black or grey ? Does the read diff get pretty hot ?

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars racekar80 says:

    Your technique is ok, BUT your using the wrong one, they make the GREEN permatex specifically for gear case and differential sealing. It is resistant to gear oil.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Roger Kirby says:

    …i called 2 and visited another transmision/ rear end shop. All three shops said not to wait an hour before torquing down the cover bolts as the rtv is already set up after the initial wait after you aplie the bead. Youd be 'rebraking' the initial seal…🤔

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Slow yo says:

    Right side middle bolt was never torqued? (I'm 9 years late)

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kevon Chanicka says:

    You didn't torque the one at 4 o clock.

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