I found more silicone in my oil pickup ... I swear the guy who did this to me must have had stock in whoever makes the stuff .. Since this oil pump has run itself dry to the point of heating up so much it snapped 3 distributor shafts, I figured I should probably replace it. When I removed it, lo and behold I found ... you guessed it ... *more* of that black silicone between it and the mounting surface. Is there *supposed* to be a gasket or gasket material between the oil pump and the mounting surface? The new pump didn't come with one ... Who knows where all the rest of the black goo is within the recesses of all the oil passages ... *sigh* Regards, Brian Safford '62 Dart 440 4-door / Poly 318