However, I did the opposite. I put a light coat of RTV on one side of the gasket, stuck it to the pan, then put another light coat of RTV on the other side of gasket, and placed it on the block and tightened her up.
I plan to do my 318 like that either today or tomorrow, whenever that pan gasket comes...
+1 those gaskets work really well , they don't crack and shift like the cork gaskets . They just did mine with these gaskets , 500 miles and not one drop of oil . l changed the crank gasket at the same time . These work , no more leaks .