The Oil Pan Thread

[Restoring]

No pans yet. Flat spotted the tranny once though.

[static all-star]

i did this to a mk4 hybrid pan. cant see it but the drain plug is pretty harrard. the drain plug on my trans is just holding on by its last thread

[JAK-RBT]

my pans still good

DSC_0003 by JAK-RBT, on Flickr

axle too

DSC_0058 by JAK-RBT, on Flickr

[mbisgay]

ill have to get some pics up but im on my 3rd, my car likes to eat axles form axle bind though that seems to be the worst symptom so far, but I finally swapped over to a steel pan from a mk3 vr6 and raised the motor 1" so Im hoping I wont have this problem anymore

[mojocoggo]

I can't remember if I posted here or not, but here are mine from when I had the E38:

[Jcoleman134]

A picture of my oil pan today when i was changing my oil. still holding strong

[Shepherd]

My oilpan's all fine

[benz88]

more pics of ur car

Daily'd at this height

[smokenyall]

heres a good pic of under my lincoln. The crossmemebers maybe the height of a quarter tops?
my oilpans tucked way up! Daily driven on the worst roads in North America

more pics of ur car

[benz88]

heres a good pic of under my lincoln. The crossmemebers maybe the height of a quarter tops?
my oilpans tucked way up! Daily driven on the worst roads in North America

[337oClock]

i think we all are.

[dianajohn36]

I am low enough to rip up my tires with my fenders

[337oClock]

my oil pan from this summer in smashville, for IA 10







after a new pan, on the way home

[Oscar]

For all the bmw's in this thread is it not possible to do an engine lift? Even if its just 10mm?

Or is it too much work?

I put in as many washers as I could fit before the threads ran out under my mounts and it's been fine. Just lifted the motor up, slipped the washers in, lowered the motor back down and tightened everything back up. Took like 30 min., only because getting to the mounts was kinda difficult with all the shit thats in my engine bay. Now the oil pan is slightly above the subframe and I haven't had a problem since.

[Hartgeh27]

oh its not hard to do a small engine lift. my s52 is 1/2" higher than stock. but it wont really help, the oil pans r way to fragile. My last one just slapped the ground and cracked almost all the way around.