The hot lick is to use the paper gaskets that are available now in .015 thick( not .030 each like Fel Pros ) making it easier to use one on each side of the pan..but the coolest trick is use Holomar around the intake ports--I mean... I use RTV at the ends and up to the first bolt hole--You have to--never a leak but...fuel kills RTV so you turn to a product invented by Mercedes (I think) called Holomar--a blue goo that is NOT affected by fuel or oil or temp it will seal up around intake ports like a bank vault