I had my motor built at a local shop.. And upon picking it up they used a red silicone for the main gasket on the block.. Is this how TY does it? Or is there suppose to be a oem gasket there?

 

What actual gasket are you refering? Main gasket no such thing, are you refering to the oil pan gasket, head gasket, exhaust gasket, intake manifold seal or etc?

 

I think he means the silicone sealant that toyota uses on the timing chain cover, oil pan, upper oil pan and such.

Ive used red RTV silicone on my oil pan and it seals up nice. I would think as long as it can take the heat it will be ok.

 

Main gasket meaning the exhaust manifold gasket?

 

i hope its not the head gasket that they used the red silicone lol

 

are you talking about the rear main seal?

 

yea

i dont' think a machine shop would be dumb enough to use rtv for a head gasket

 

What im reffering to is, when they pulled apart the bottom part of the block.. to remove the crank! i can take pics once i get home.. They used rtv red silicone. And also for the water pump...

 

Yup thats what I thought.

As long as it will take the heat you should be good. I know the red rtv has a lower temp rating then some silicones.

 

take pictures anyways! i wanna see

 

oil pan yes. Doesn't the water pump use an o-ring to seal it?

 

Sorry for crappy cell phones but im not home and thats all i had

 

The water pump uses silicone. No o-ring.

 

Is that a picture of the block upside down, not sure. The gasket you are refering to looks like the intake plenium gasket but still not 100% since picture isn't the best. I thought the intake plenium used o-ring as well.

 

No he's talking about where the Upper oil pan and Cyl block meet. The pic is of the intake side of the motor.

Sealant goes there as well as the timing chain cover, waterpump, and oil pan. Everything else uses O-rings