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Old 05-16-2013, 01:55 PM
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I was in he process of changing my oil pan gasket today and i took my oil pan to examine it and clean it out and seen this hole and thought it too could also be the reason i was having a small oil leak bu it seems to be covered up by an oil filter when installed. Is this normally there or should i be searching for a new pan?? Thanks.

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Old 05-16-2013, 02:42 PM
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I would be more worried about what made the hole! Any more pics?
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So they tapped your oil cooler adapter? Do you have anything hooked up to that piece next to your filter?
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No nothing was tapped that I know of. I just bought the car 8 months ago and just really started digging Into it. So that hole shouldn't be there correct?
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Whats the issue? Can we get better pictures of the suspected bad area? Looks normal to me.
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Also just to be sure that's how the gasket looked upon disassembly? Or did the rubber detach from the gasket metal when you were pulling the gasket off the pan?
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That's normal, they all look like that. It is not a leak source.
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Originally Posted by Marc 85Z28
That's normal, they all look like that. It is not a leak source.
What's normal
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What's normal
What looks like a half drilled out hole.
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The hole to the front is how "dirty" oil gets into your oil filter.. The hole to the rear is the filtered oil from the oil filter.
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This is the hole i am talking about. When I flipped the pan over to the oil filter side ...you can see the hole through

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Yeah, One hole will go in the center of the filter, the other will be in the main area. Both covered and enclosed by the oil filter.
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Heres a pic to instill some confidence.

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Man I was worried I would need a new pan and from what I googled they cost an arm and leg smh. Sorry for scare guys I'm new to the ls1's coming from an l67 supercharged 3800.
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Lol thanks for the arrow
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