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I accidentally discovered my oil leak when I changed out the oil pump. The old mouse eared gasket again got hot, expanded and buckled inward, so as to then pump oil straight outside of the gasket containing boundary. For my new mouse eared gasket install, I RTV'd the offending portion of the gasket in place, so that it cannot buckle and leak. My mysterious engine oil leak then completely disappeared.

The T-type trim is inherently leaky since the embedded portion is a pathway for the water to find the bottom edge of the glass, causing a leak. I used RTV black silicone along both the top and bottom and kept the factory trim look by using some paint edging tape to make a perfect edge. Although I reused the corner trim pieces, I would not have needed to since I also could have produced a perfect corner with the edging tape and RTV. The original trim is no longer available anywhere. You can get some T-type trim from Rock Auto, but it is going to cause a leak. The bottom edge of your subaru windshield frame is probably rusted out pretty good. You can reform the original metal frame with BONDO - FIBER. The holes in the existing trim will allow the bondo to flow through and get a grip on the old metal. You can form the bottom free edge of your new drippy Bondo, with some duct tape that you allow to sag between the edges so as to form a continuous back side surface that keeps the new upper flat Bondo surface in place.