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Originally Posted by grivera

OP - hope you don’t mind me jumping in but didn’t want to start a new thread considering it’s same exact issue with my 64 LeMans - bought from a friend who had someone who else build the engine. It has the one-piece BOP RMS and the one piece BOP oil pan gasket. From my inspections the flywheel engine side is always dry so I assume the leak is at the pan to cap intersection. It sucks cause the engine is leak-free otherwise. No leaks from rear of valve covers or dizzy area. A few pics below with the undercarriage shot showing the amount of oil after a cruise.

Not at all same with me back of the heads are dry, same with distrubutor gasket, had a brigth led ligth on the cowl overhangeing the the transmisson bellhousing and rear of motor , everything looks dry there.

Originally Posted by PDC

I had the 1-piece BOP oil pan gasket and 1-piece rear main seal as well and I would get the tiniest drip from the center locating spike on the oil pan gasket exactly like the OP. I ended up snipping the rubber spike flush with the pan, cleaning with carb cleaner, then slathering a small amt of RTV on that area. It never leaked again.

I really like the idea of gently tapping the edge of the pan around the locator tab up to get a better compression of the gasket in that area.

Now that sounds like a better solution then me potentially knocking my pan out of shape. i'll try that first the next time i have the car on jackstands or on a lift.