Potential Cause of rumored GR86’s blown engine? Seal packing(RTV) was peeled off

[FrickingReallySlow]

Doing a borescope every oil change is a good cheap preventative measure, and also pretty painless. Since you have the original image you can compare against to see if anything might have broken off to warrant opening the pan.

Originally Posted by Starbucker

Shot a quick video of my pan at first oil change.

[OkieSnuffBox]

Originally Posted by FrickingReallySlow

Doing a borescope every oil change is a good cheap preventative measure, and also pretty painless. Since you have the original image you can compare against to see if anything might have broken off to warrant opening the pan.

Considering that you can't see up the oil pickup tube to the screen, it doesn't really give you any information. Just like the video you shared.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Lantanafrs2

I'll bet a pan gasket would cost them less than a dollar lol

But it would take a person to put it on. Robots would struggle with that. People are expensive. Robots are cheap. There is a bigger picture involved.

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox

Considering that you can't see up the oil pickup tube to the screen, it doesn't really give you any information. Just like the video you shared.

It does show that the RTV noodles are intact (which would indicate currently there are no issues in regards to RTV).

But they seem fairly thick and there are some places where it looks like theres potential to sag and break off in a big chunk. I dont know how brittle or gooey these things become after installation and experiencing constant heat changes.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sasquachulator

It does show that the RTV noodles are intact (which would indicate no issues in regards to RTV).

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

true, I modified my post :p

[Opie]

URGENT REQUEST:
Any Subaru BRZ owners in the U.S. that have pulled their oil pan on a 2022 BRZ and actually found RTV please contact me via PM ASAP. Please forward this to any owners you all may know who have.

[dragoontwo]

Originally Posted by Opie

URGENT REQUEST:
Any Subaru BRZ owners in the U.S. that have pulled their oil pan on a 2022 BRZ and actually found RTV please contact me via PM ASAP. Please forward this to any owners you all may know who have.

Not sure if they'll see it, but Verus put up a youtube video of theirs with RTV in it. ETA: they have an 86 so maybe not helpful.

[Petah78]

Originally Posted by Opie

URGENT REQUEST:
Any Subaru BRZ owners in the U.S. that have pulled their oil pan on a 2022 BRZ and actually found RTV please contact me via PM ASAP. Please forward this to any owners you all may know who have.

This member: https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...&postcount=428

Sorry, i don't know how to "mention" the actual member onto this thread.

EDIT: Trying out mention: @justinco

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Petah78

This member: https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...&postcount=428

Sorry, i don't know how to "mention" the actual member onto this thread.

@justinco

[Opie]

Thanks, PM'd him. Any others?

[LRNAD90]

Originally Posted by dragoontwo

Not sure if they'll see it, but Verus put up a youtube video of theirs with RTV in it. ETA: they have an 86 so maybe not helpful.

Screen Shot from Verus Video..

[FrickingReallySlow]

Originally Posted by Opie

Thanks, PM'd him. Any others?

There's 2 people who spun their bearings and pulled the pan / found RTV does that still count or only people with functioning engines lol

[Petah78]

Originally Posted by Opie

Thanks, PM'd him. Any others?

Not on this forum that I recall. But as others have mentioned versus engineering have also found silicon in their cars pick up which was documented on YouTube.

And this guy from Canada.

Might be worth it to reach out for a larger sample size. Hope this helps.