*UPDATED*oil pan leak

can a oil pan leak be fixed with something like jb weld just for the time being until i can get a oil pan. it is damaged. not sure how bad never been underneath of it. and if i can use jb weld do i have to pull the pan off?

where is the leak comming from? the seal? crack in the pan? drain plug? if its the oil pan gasket, spend the 5 bucks for the gasket from autozone and it will take you 4 or 5 qts of oil and 20 tops to drain the oil, pull off the pan, clean up the gasket area, put the new gasket back on, torque down the bolts to spec! and put new oil in.

Depending on if the pans cracked, how big of a crack it is, then yes... an oil pan can be JB welded.
I did it myself on a friends Saturn.
He never replaced the pan and its now been over a year.

the seller told me that the pan its self is damaged. i need to crawl underneath her one day and see what the prob really is maybe ill use a tampon and plug the hole. lmao.
josh did you pull the pan to jb it . thats my main concern is having to pull it off to jbweld it.

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um yeah i would pull the pan off and clean off the oil so you dont catch your engine on fire

No, I left the pan on.
If you're gonna pull it, might as well replace it.
I just drained the oil and let it sit a while, cleaned it off, the rigged it. lol

a little dangerous but it works lol

how is this dangerous isnt it just a compound

why would you replace the oil pan if you can just do a simple jb weld fix?? taking an oil pan off is cake... just let the car sit, drain the oil, unbold it and pull it down... clean it, fix it, bolt it back up, and put new oil in it

well see i dont want to pull it off at all if i can avoid it. do i really have to i just want to jb it. i bought the jb but i really dont want to pull the pan.

for the second time, you do not have to pull the pan.
 
Drain out the oil, clean up the crack, do your jb-ing and let that dry atleast a couple hours, fill her with oil, crank and check for leaks.

Josh you are the man. Sk8...... just no lol.
 
As long as you FIND the crack. If its coming from the pan itself, then you can use JB weld... do exactly as josh says. If you dont clean it off, it wont stick.
 
If the leak is coming from the oil pan seal... then in order to stop it you will need to remove the oil pan.
 
Why replace it if you can just repair it with JB? Because thats ****ing ghetto. And thats the reason DSM owners get a name as cheap asses because thats all people do. Temporary fix.... then you do it right.

I JB'd a friends Saturn oil pan its lasted over a year.

right, i wasn't suggesting that he pulls off his pan, just stating that it's not that difficult... and if he doesn't have the money to buy a new pan then he doesn't have the money... a jb weld is a good way to fix it for cheap until he can get a new pan... and like josh said it lasts for a good amount of time

Im not a cheap ass i just dont have the extra hundred for pan and seals right now. ( I know you weren't saying i was a cheap ass sebba) im just doing what i can till i can fix it. my rent is 800 plus all my bills and i have two cars so yah im strapped for cash quite often.
And thank you josh and sk8.

yea exactly... this is just a quick cheap way to make your car driveable again until you can afford a new oilpan, thats respectable

Totally agree... but it sounded like you wer saying.. "Well if it lasts that long.. then why not just leave it" thats what i dont agree with. Not at all sayin thats you lycan

cool now that we are all on the same page, who wants a beer? i know i want about a six pack

So i crawled underneath my car tonight for the first time. Oil pan has NO i repeat NO crack in it. it has a dent by the drain plug and some surface scratches. I swear the girl i bought this from is retarded she told me that the oil changer place said it was damaged and needed to be replaced. Its a small dent. ( i have pics !!!) but i noticed from the intake manifold down its covered in oil this has me a bit worried ( got pics of that as well!!) unfortantly i cant upload the pics until after im off work and can use my parents computer mine at my house is on dial up.

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But i noticed from the intake manifold down its covered in oil this has me a bit worried.

 
Intake gaskets, and probally the valve cover gasket.

cool. the intake manifold is not dirty just underneath it i thought it was pretty weird