No holes in Pan Gasket

[barnnone51]

Replacing Pan gasket . Ordered it from a supplier and it came with everything needed to do the job. One thing the rail cork gasket had no holes. Is this normal?

Well low and behold there were some holes .. You could not see them until marking out to punch holes. Like some have said here there is holes.

[Big hammer]

Oops not normal

[old31]

Not normal but just use this permatex product and you wont need a gasket. I have used this on my last 4 oil pan removals and no leeks.

https://www.amazon.com/Permatex-2522...%2C236&sr=8-14

[J Franklin]

Send it back, or mark it and use a hole punch.

[goodcar]

Originally Posted by J Franklin

Send it back, or mark it and use a hole punch.

Yup

[denniskliesen]

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Look closely and bend it slightly and you will see the piece stayed with the gasket. I bought several in the past and they were described as you mentioned. I called the vendor and they explained it to me.

[Keith True]

I would punch the holes out and use it.Maybe take a picture first,send it to the supplier so they could check for more like it.In the mid 70's we had a salesman that kept our shelves stocked with Purolator oil filters.All of a sudden we had a bunch that had no threads in the mounting hole.Bad batch.There was a story published years ago about Chevy Novas that had no valve stem holes in the wheels.It is a long explanation to type out,but if you find the story it explains how the tires are machine mounted and blasted with a preset number of cubic feet of air to seat and inflate.

[Russ/40]

Did post 6 proove true?

[katy]

Originally Posted by denniskliesen

Look closely and bend it slightly and you will see the piece stayed with the gasket.

Ditto

[Gene F]

What Dennis said. If not that, I keep a hole punch (from office supply) in my tool box. Put it on garage floor, lay pan over it, mark it, punch it.

[old ugly]

they look like there are no holes but as post #6 says they have to be pushed out.
probably there.

[Chuck Sea/Tac]

I had a couple like that from Berts several years ago. I called to tell them, then laid it out , marked and punched.

[larrys40]

I don’t think you guys read his post too carefully. He said there were holes . The cut centers were still in place . No big deal , pop then out.
It was cut. Very common with gaskets from time to time.

[katy]

Originally Posted by larrys40

I don’t think you guys read his post too carefully. He said there were holes . The cut centers were still in place . No big deal , pop then out.
It was cut. Very common with gaskets from time to time.

Before he edited it it didn't say the holes were there.

[tmiller6]

This is a good strategy on the part of the gasket maker. Partial punching ensures there is no punch offal clogging their machines and less waste for them to dispose.

[J Franklin]

Originally Posted by katy

Before he edited it it didn't say the holes were there.

The edit changed the flavor of all the responses. See how that works?

[Fullraceflathead]

The $21 an hour gasket bolt hole remover was let go in effort to save money and lower cost!!!

[daren007]

So you are saying the machine that removes the holes is paid $21.00/hr.

[Patrick L.]

Originally Posted by denniskliesen

Look closely and bend it slightly and you will see the piece stayed with the gasket. I bought several in the past and they were described as you mentioned. I called the vendor and they explained it to me.

Yep.

[Patrick L.]

Or maybe its one of the new improved models that use a zipper or velcro.