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Originally Posted by mact
An important note for those doing this repair themselves and even techs at dealerships....
I had to take mine out a 2nd time to re-seal it. Liquid silicone requires the surface areas to be clean and free of oil for as long as the silicone cures. The problem with re-sealing is that shortly after you clean the area, it gets contaminated with oil again after about an hour. This happened to me because I did a series of cleaning/degreasing and waiting 3-4 times and every time after I clean the surface of oil, more oil would somehow return, which I believe lead to the failure of my first attempt. My solution was to put the rear of car on jack stands so that oil would have no chance of returning to the opening. I am hoping I have sealed it finally for good.
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Thanks for the advice. Ill share this with other Technicians I work with. Thanks to avusblue I got he chance to do this on a one the same day he came in for his. I recall doing it on a silver FRS with subaru wheels as well. What I did was clean off the surface first the excess with a blade Then used a 3M Scotch bright to clean the surface and plate of the remaining old silicone. Then used a chemical cleaner(brake clean) to clean off the residue left. Left a small bead on the block side and smeared some on the plate. As This was a first in our shop Im hoping that does in fact fix it and I couldnt find any information from toyota as of recent on the matter.