I’m replacing my oil pan on my 18 2.7 with the Dorman aluminum pan that came out a few months ago.
Pros: aluminum pan
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I had a 82 Mazda rx7 that I put a Chevy 350 into, and let me tell ya.... The oil pan was one part that needed some "adjustments" to clear the center/drag link for the steering. I set it on the ground in my shop and beat it till the flanges weren't square anymore. When I went to install it, I used gray rtv, had to squeeze the sides to make the bolts line up. It didn't leak a drop tho, and it cleared the steering!!
Pros: didn't leak a drop
Cons: needed some adjustments
Vehicle:
Mazda
Last year, I had a service shop replace my water pump in a Ford Edge 3.5L Duratec. They didn't put anything between the jack & oil pan when they pulled off the timing cover and put a crack in my pan. Brought it back & they put silicon adhesive on the crack. After a nicely worded email about the idiocracy of that fix, I got a new pan put on free of charge
Pros: new pan put on
Cons: crack in pan
Vehicle:
Ford Edge
Mileage: 180000 km
I remember a camry that came in driving for an oil change with a hole in the oil pan and nothing in it. Owner thought maybe they had hit a rock a week before and done 150 miles since.
Pros: drove with hole
Cons: nothing in it
Vehicle:
Toyota Camry
Mileage: 150 km
You ever seen the video where a guy takes the oil pan off a toyota camry and drives it to his mechanic. It took the Toyota a long time, I wouldn't do it with a ford.
Pros: Toyota lasted long time
Cons: Ford wouldn't do it
Vehicle:
Toyota Camry
I have a 130i with 218k miles. I\u2019ve had the car for maybe 5 months. Spent probably around \u00a31,500 in that time period. It was mostly expected. The big costs were new oil pan, which was probably around \u00a3800 with labour.
Pros: mostly expected
Cons: new oil pan cost
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 218000 km
I have an 18 hatch. Nothing but problems after my engine block fractured on a stand after they resealed my oil pan. After that, lots of leaking fluids, oil pans were redone literally 7 times between the upper and lower.
Pros: null
Cons: lots of leaking fluids
Vehicle:
Subaru Impreza
Man I hit a rock in my ‘21 Mazda 3. Damaged the oil pan, differential, catalytic converter (secondary), mufflers, and engine cradle. $10k+ repair
Pros: expensive repair
Cons: damaged multiple parts
Vehicle:
Mazda 3
2013 crv, 12 years with 116k miles. Got timing chain issue and oil pan seep issue. Pretty cost to repair.
Cons: oil pan seep issue
Vehicle:
Honda
Mileage: 186683 km
I was terrified at the fact my GLI had a plastic oil pan so I changed it out with an aluminum version.
Cons: fragile material
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
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