Whiteaw57

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I let a buddy drive my car and he ran over a large rock with my lowered 98 SS (I was with him, Yes I wanted to cry). Beyond that the deed is done and the oil pan in the center of the tank area behind the K member has been cracked. A section of it has been pushed up into the pan much like many other pics ive seen of it happening. My question is at this point whats my next move?

A: clean it up and epoxy it
B:Try to fix it myself Im an avid mechanic and not scared of dropping the K member I just do not want to do it since I just started a very hard semester at college.
C:Take it somewhere to be fixed. Im assuming it will be close to around $1000 out the door.


Thanks for the input guys and please give me more ideas.

laytoncamaroz28

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dang i did the same thing. i cleaned mine and epoxyed it. hasnt leaked yet. i plan to replace it this summer when i pull then engine tho

Whiteaw57

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what kind of epoxy did you use. If I do that its gonna have to be fool proof

MasterTomos

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I wouldn't take any chances. Replace that thing asap.

Whiteaw57

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Yeah mastertomos thats what im thinkin. Ive already taken the starter relay out and disconnected the coil packs so I dont do something stupid

KevinR

And make your buddy pay for half of it.

Whiteaw57

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hahaha yeah, well, I really hate it. He feels terrible about it, and I dont blame him. I just couldn't say stop in time. It got the thing the whole way back though. oil pan, tranny, tunnel brace and torque arm mount bolts......big rock

ebk06

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I'd just replace the whole thing unless its not a very big crack then just have it welded. No point in trusting epoxy on something as important as an oil pan.

Whiteaw57

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the crack is about 3 or four inches long. the thing that concerns me is the scetion of pan that is pushed up into the pan. I want zero weak spots but I dont have the time to find a used one, or the 240$ for a new one. Im calling the university to put some heat on them though, It was due to construction that it was in the road.

lt1pwr1

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You could just disconnect the battery instead of messing with the coil packs and relay

Like others have said, you don't want to mess around with a cracked oil pan. If you really can't pay for it then I would avoid driving the car for now. Althought at least these cars have low oil lights (or most of them I think) so that can be your failsafe in a way I guess...

disc0monkey

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if it was at school they should def be paying for that, sounds like a boulder

Whiteaw57

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haha yeah it had to be about 6 or 7 inches tall

Whiteaw57

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oh btw the reason I opted for coil packs and relay was I didnt have any tools to take the battery loose. Thats just all I could do in the parking lot of my appt complex