How to remove old oil pan gasket?

ed wrote:

> last thing you wanna do is nick what your gasketing together or you'll never
> get a good seal again even with a gasket. .

Will a sharp wood chisel work?

On 15 Jan 2006 00:36:05 -0800, "larry moe 'n curly"
> wrote:

>
>ed wrote:
>
>> last thing you wanna do is nick what your gasketing together or you'll never
>> get a good seal again even with a gasket. .
>
>Will a sharp wood chisel work?

a harder material will always cut the softer material.

My solution would be to use the edge of a piece of hardwood, and tap
it along the gasket flange pushing the old junk ahead of it. Oak
would be a good choice, and tap it along with a deadfall hammer or
such.

Lg

Lawrence Glickman wrote:
> On 15 Jan 2006 00:36:05 -0800, "larry moe 'n curly"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>ed wrote:
>>
>>
>>>last thing you wanna do is nick what your gasketing together or you'll never
>>>get a good seal again even with a gasket. .
>>
>>Will a sharp wood chisel work?
>
>
> a harder material will always cut the softer material.
>
> My solution would be to use the edge of a piece of hardwood, and tap
> it along the gasket flange pushing the old junk ahead of it. Oak
> would be a good choice, and tap it along with a deadfall hammer or
> such.
>
> Lg
>

That's actually a good idea, or a hard plastic scraper, but sometimes
you can't help but have to use a steel scraper, as anything softer will
dull rather than scrape off the old gasket. Yes, steel is harder than
cast iron - the trick is just to never use the *corner* of the scraper
and always keep the sharp edge flat on the sealing surface, that way you
won't remove any significant amount of iron but will be able to get all
the gasket off.

nate

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"Nate Nagel" > wrote in message

Yes, steel is harder than
> cast iron - the trick is just to never use the *corner* of the scraper
> and always keep the sharp edge flat on the sealing surface, that way you
> won't remove any significant amount of iron but will be able to get all
> the gasket off.

Some of the steels, including some of the stainlesses, are softer than
cast iron, but your basic comment is right on.

I round off the corners on my scrapers, slightly, to avoid the gouging and
scratching you are fererring to.

Thats right i got some with the corners off too. gasket scrapers , dremels
screwdrivers, razors all work just fine.It'll seal if you nick it just
dremel them off, and use gasket sealer.


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> "Nate Nagel" > wrote in message
>
> Yes, steel is harder than
>> cast iron - the trick is just to never use the *corner* of the scraper
>> and always keep the sharp edge flat on the sealing surface, that way you
>> won't remove any significant amount of iron but will be able to get all
>> the gasket off.
>
> Some of the steels, including some of the stainlesses, are softer than
> cast iron, but your basic comment is right on.
>
> I round off the corners on my scrapers, slightly, to avoid the gouging and
> scratching you are fererring to.
>
>