Shop F'd up my oil pan, How to replace?
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Shop F'd up my oil pan, How to replace?
Is there an online guide for it ? Some one told me its not like the old 350's just unbolt and bolt up the new one. Would it be better to just drill out a bigger hole or just replace it ? Thanks. Car is a 98 LS1
I already confronted the shop about it and they tried to play stupid.
I already confronted the shop about it and they tried to play stupid.
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they messed up the threads where the drain plug goes. and they tried to put a heli coil in there to fix it. but when i went to change the oil the heli coil just came right out with it and the bolt was all stripped up and so were the threads in the oil pan.
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Originally Posted by SporkLover
If the shop messed it up..... why are you worried about replacing it? They should!!!!
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obv he didnt know...as you can see from the helicoil i have here..if and if i for sure KNEW that they did it..i mean..you personally changed your oil last time or are the only one that has changed it and knew for a fact that the shop was the last one to touch it..then i would just wait until there was a shitload of people in there and just go ballistic..i mean ..be like I PHUCKING change the oil on my car and i know how to screw in a GO#AM drain plug..just becuause your IDIOT mechanic tried imacting it in and f'D up the threads you wont fix it...NOW i have shavings all in my oil bc obv for a helicoil you need to drill out the hole then retap it..stop driving it and flush your oil out..im sure its full of it.. i hate **** like this.
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Originally Posted by redbandit98
obv he didnt know...as you can see from the helicoil i have here..if and if i for sure KNEW that they did it..i mean..you personally changed your oil last time or are the only one that has changed it and knew for a fact that the shop was the last one to touch it..then i would just wait until there was a shitload of people in there and just go ballistic..i mean ..be like I PHUCKING change the oil on my car and i know how to screw in a GO#AM drain plug..just becuause your IDIOT mechanic tried imacting it in and f'D up the threads you wont fix it...NOW i have shavings all in my oil bc obv for a helicoil you need to drill out the hole then retap it..stop driving it and flush your oil out..im sure its full of it.. i hate **** like this.
yeah it was all metalic looking when I drained it out. I know for a fact they were the last ones to toch it. I was on patrol and my mom took it up there for me to get it done for me other then that it sat under a cover.
It wont hurt the car to sit with no oil for a few days will it? I put a ruber gromet in the hole to keep dirt and **** out.
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were they the last ones to touch the car? Can you prove that they did the heli-coil? Did they charge you, or tell you thats what they had done?
That's some bad juju... I would have been all over them after they screwed it up and requested that they pay for a new pan. Heli-Coils are bandaids... they dont fix the problems
That's some bad juju... I would have been all over them after they screwed it up and requested that they pay for a new pan. Heli-Coils are bandaids... they dont fix the problems
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You must have taken it to Wal-Mart! The local wal-mart has had to replace a few oil pans and engines. I would never let someone that works at walmart work on my car!