just a quick question....how do u seal this....i took it off my old motor and i think there was a rubber seal with it....is there 1? and then put black rtv around it to seal this? i think its a pretty important thing to do right...haha

 

Oil filter Pedestal. There is two O-rings under it. Go to hardware store or local Car Parts store and get them. Just using RTV is a bad idea, you don't want to loose oil pressure or oil due to a leak, and it will leak.

~Mike..........

 

there's an oil filter ring? i usually just slap on the oil filter after rubbing the edges with oil.....

 

but i mean....u do use the rtv around the outer border...dont you?

 

:p He's talking about where the oil pedestal meats the rear end housing. not the oil filter to pedestal.

 

No just the 2 rubber orings under the pedestal.

 

just a light coat of RVT with the o rings. Think of it as a gasket/o ring dressing.

 

Don't do that or it will leak prematurely.

 

ok...so no rtv at all? just the o rings? i got sometime before i gotta finish so ill just wait on this till i get a clear anwser. im just confused cuz there was some rtv around the outside border when i took it off.

 

when i got my third fc i was leaking half a quart a day because of those damn o-rings had to go to mazda to get them cause no parts store had the right size $12 for them and i had to wait 3 days to get them . besides that all you need is those o-rings nothing else NO RTV at all or it will leak. put the o-rings in and tighting the hell out of the nuts just make sure they dont get pinched and set right in the grooves and your good to go

 

cool...thanks...i knew someone had done it before. i was scared to use the rtv cuz of leaks so i asked if i should..so thank ya