Originally Posted by gamefreakgc

There's dye you can put in your oil that glows under a black light. You drop it in your oil, drive it around and let it leaks for a few days/few weeks or however long it takes. Then you get a black light and presto, there's your leak. No guesswork.

Originally Posted by brillo_76

That's a very good question. I would think yes in time. Synthetic oil is great and far superior to conventional. The FIPG would break down in time just as our seals do.
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I am just trying to help here.

Originally Posted by LittleCaesar

Leon, is there any way you can get a pic under the balancer?

I have seen Rtv leak around pan bolts before over time, due to the torque displaced around it, and ultimately breaking it.

Honestly, I wouldn’t sweat it unless it got worse.

Originally Posted by mtbtim

I don't know where you read it would be a toss up between pulling the motor or removing the front diff, but that person had to be smoking some quality shit. No way in hell is this even a close comparison. @JZiggy will tell you the same. Pulling the front differential isn't that hard if you release the driver side motor mount, jack up the engine a bit and then also release the metal vacuum and breather lines on top of the diff. It literally falls out if you do those things.

If Jordan said, "Hey Timmy, come on over to help me pull my engine so I can reseal my oil pan", I'd reply, what the F*@k are you smoking? I would never pull an engine on one of these rigs to do an oil pan gasket.