so has anyone who has done the rtv fix noticed any leakage after the stuff was applied? thanks

 

so you are telling me that the sensor with the o-ring (which he has) is all that i need?? im waiting on a part that doesnt exist?? haha i guess they have the o-ring part but u can only buy it in combination with the sensor. tell me if thats the case, and ill call him up.

 

X2.
I am curious but the leak is so small that it takes weeks of driving to notice it leaking again.

 

The o-ring is not serviced seperately from the sensor by GM. There is no part number for the o-ring.

 

Bawahahaha No ****

 

I have it too. Gray RTV here I come. If Maven says it's good then I believe him. That guy knows his stuff

 

ok well im gonna tell my dealer that he should just go ahead and use what he has, and to add gray RTV to the o ring

 

well I was hoping to be a lucky one but sure enough its leaking I will take it in tomorrow thanks for the info everyone.

 

The dealer will have Gray RTV. Just tell them to use it when they replace the sensor. That's exactly what I did!

 

I will probably be doing that next time or I might try it myself I am not sure yet but I think I am still leaking even after the new sensor was put in.

 

i checked mine today and sure enough mine was seeping, since i work as a tech for the dealership i put a new sensor in. we're not suppose to replace anything if its just seeping it has to be leaking. for me to replace it i put on the RO that it was leaking from the oring.

 

A leak is a leak is does not matter if it is seeping or pouring out it still should be fixed. Whoever told you that you are not to replace things that are seeping should lose his or her job becasue that is half assed **** poor service. If my dealer refused to replace something that was seeping I would never use that dealer again for anything.

 

So far my dealer repair has worked. They replaced the sensor, and its still dry after 2 weeks. Im watching it, we'll see what happens.

 

That is good to hear. I belive mine is still leaking. I cleaned the area it really well last night so there no oil residue at all I will check in a week or two. It is a very slow leak. Mine leaked about 1/4 ounce of oil in 5600 miles.

 

What does RTV stand for?

 

Room Temperature Vulcanizing.

 

I always wondered what it stood for too. Thanks BTF

 

room-temperature vulcanization, has to do with how it cures.

i got beat lol

 

I dont wanna read threw all these pages. So I went and looked at my TC that just hit 3600 miles and it is leaking also. I just got off the phone with the dealership and they are ordering me the Intake Camshaft sensor. This will fix the problem correct, or is there more I need to do??

 

im scared.... my dealer just told me that they need to "take most of the engine apart" also assuring me that this would be a big job 5-6 hours due to that fact that it is a DOHC engine. Also... no loaner here. I hope they dont over do the job i dont think this would take up to 6 hours.

 

Well Joe, sounds like they plan on doing more than replacing the camshaft sensor, because that is a very quick job per GM service procedure. Certainly not a 5-6 hr job.

 

Yea cam shaft sensor should be about 2 hr max



maybe 3 if there slower

 

If youve got guys taking 2-3 hours to install CMP sensors, they are starving, thats a less than an hour job.

 

I havent been much in this motor yet so my times are wrong. I will stand back.

 

well I took mine in about a week ago not sure if they replaced the sensor or not but they did use RTV at it seems to be doing the trick