Two weeks back, I was installing my Whiteline front sway bar and was drinking beers with my friend throughout. To make a long story short, I have a SMALL crack in my oil pan. I didn't drain the oil for 3 days and the leak on the ground was only 2 - 3 inches in diameter - so you know the hole is very very small. I need to remove the pan and get a shop to TIG weld it for me, but I noticed the other day that there is some huge part attached to the oil pan.

The front of the car is up on jack stands, and when I lay down under the car from the front (my legs are sticking out of the front of the car and my head looking up at the oil pan), I notice a large part attached to the left side. I'm not sure what it is, or how easy it will be to remove. I do not have a shop manual.

Anyone have any help?

OR - could I just go get some JB weld and put it on the outside of the oil pan and fill the hole? I'll go take a picture now - the hole is ridiculously small.

 

The crack is so small it's not really visible, but I circled it. The difference in color you see is just an indention - the crack is much smaller.

Would JB weld be able to cover that spot and everything work?

Justin

 

I would use jbweld FTW

 

Think it'll be strong enough? Could I use it on the outside and not have to worry about taking the oil pan off? I've never used it before.

I have a spare oil pan but I do not want to have to retap it for my turbo oil feed.

 

that's just stupid dude, it's the oil pan, in fact the oil pump just sit above the leak and you want to use JB weld on that?

it only takes a good bump to crack it open again, correct me if i am wrong.

there's part you can cold weld and there's part you don't want to cold weld.


if you already have an extra pan, just have it retap, seriously it's not even that long, i had mine welded and installed with 2 hours if you can find a welder near by

 

^I'd love to just tap the new one and all, but I have an extremely busy schedule and my mechanic was having a hard time finding a tap the right size (he is extremely busy too) and the oil pan that I got was pretapped for my turbo.

There is a weld shop 1 mile from my house. I also need to keep this as INexpensive as possible.

Would JB weld be a temporary solution on the outside until I get the pan off and weld it?

 

the part that connects to it is the ac compressor bracket

 

very very temp. solution in deed.


it's not going to be a permanent fix by any mean, esp. if you introduce boost into the crank case

good luck

 

Thanks! How hard is that to remove? Do I need to take the whole thing off, or can I unbolt the part that connects to the oil pan?

 

I figured it would be. I don't mind driving around conservatively until I can get it done right. As for boost in the crank case, I am running the one PCV krank vent to prevent that so hopefully that will help alleviate it as well.

Thoughts?