My wife hit the AT Pan pretty hard on something. Pan gasket was leaking pretty bad, tightened all 21 screws and reduced it but didn't fix it. I plan on replacing gasket and the 21 self sealing bolts. The question I have is "did any of you use gasket cement?" when you did yours. Haynes and Nissan FSM were not very helpful. Thks!

 

no gasket cement is needed. Make sure you're wife didn't actually bend the pan itself (which is likely since the gasket isn't holding now).. It may not be sitting flush with the tranny.

 

no gasket cement is needed. Make sure you're wife didn't actually bend the pan itself (which is likely since the gasket isn't holding now).. It may not be sitting flush with the tranny.

 

The most critical thing is to have the new 21 bolts. Those are critical. Dealers commonly don't bother replacing those and it allows for really small leaks all around the outside of the pan. No cement for the gasket is needed.


I would also tend to think you need a new pan as well.

 

You probably need a new pan. The bolts for the pan comes with some sort of gasket material on the thread. Sort of like loctite. I guess you could reuse the bolts if you apply some blue loctite on them.

 

I have reused these bolts without any problem...

Just my $0.02