1995 Buick Lesabre oil pan gasket

RICH IN KY

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1995 BUICK LESABRE
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
197,000 MILES

I have a 95 buick lesabre custom 3.8 and the oil pan gasket is leaking.I looked up a new gasket and it looks more like an oil pan liner! Ive never seen anything like this before. Do I need to replace it or can I just liquid gasket it?

Friday, November 14th, 2008 AT 9:43 AM

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JACOBANDNICKOLAS

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Hi:
Yes, that is what they look like. Also, you should replace the gasket and not use form a gasket. The gasket is made like that to keep the oil from sloshing around and possibly starving the engine form oil.

I hope this helps.
Joe

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Friday, November 14th, 2008 AT 5:05 PM

RICH IN KY

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[quote="Jacobandnickolas"]Hi:
thankjs for the response. Howcome no other cars ived worked on have ever had this. And is it really that important. How likely is the engine to be deprived of oil

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Friday, November 14th, 2008 AT 5:40 PM

JACOBANDNICKOLAS

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Great question. I can't answer that other than a great design (LOL). Most likely one of GM's CEO's 22 year old sons who got a engineering degree online designed it, and his father felt too bad to say no.

If you want, I can confirm what I was taught with some of the other techs. Let me know.

Joe

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Friday, November 14th, 2008 AT 8:20 PM

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