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Bent Oil Pan?
« on: May 12, 2009, 10:29:19 am »
Hey Guys,

So I did my first oil change since going off the road into a snow bank on a TSD a while ago, and was planning on installing my fumoto quick drain valve. I get under there, and it looks like my oil pan is completely beat up. The drain plug comes out just like it should though, luckily... but unluckily, I had about 1L of oil in there. Im not burning oil that I can tell, and i dont have any oil on the garage floor, so im guessing that theres a small leak somewhere, and at high oil pressure, it sprays out a bit. It had been about 6000kms since my last oil change... and im using synthetic. I know I can expect a bit of loss, but over 3L???

Anyways.. crappy iphone pics:





So... here's my question: Im pretty sure its beat to hell and it needs to be replaced. How hard is that to do? Possible to do it with the motor in? Jer was saying I might need to pull my motor, or at least undo the motor mounts and jack it up (from the tranny).

Thoughts?

Thanks in Advance!

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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2009, 01:11:46 pm »
easy to change ,undo motor mounts jack up engine,remove pan bolts,lower pan,and then remove pic- up tube,oil pan will then slide right out,i have an oilpan
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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2009, 01:13:51 pm »
Quote from: spanky on May 12, 2009, 01:11:46 pm
easy to change ,undo motor mounts jack up engine,remove pan bolts,lower pan,and then remove pic- up tube,oil pan will then slide right out,i have an oilpan

Just make sure it's the same. I know the 02's are notorious for having different parts.
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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2009, 01:20:52 pm »
is your vtak popping?
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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2009, 01:21:53 pm »
Quote from: texasnick on May 14, 2009, 01:20:52 pm
is your vtak popping?

just for that im going to drop a washer into one of your K24 cylinders.
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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2009, 01:40:39 pm »
You're seriously lucky that the oil pickup didn't get damaged...  :o
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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2009, 02:07:08 pm »
Sounds like a good excuse to get a nice skidplate ;)
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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2009, 02:30:19 pm »
Quote from: GrantC on May 14, 2009, 01:40:39 pm
You're seriously lucky that the oil pickup didn't get damaged...  :o

+ 1

and yah, a skidplate should find its way there, if your going to keep TSD'n.
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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2009, 02:53:17 pm »
Quote from: GrantC on May 14, 2009, 01:40:39 pm
You're seriously lucky that the oil pickup didn't get damaged...  :o

how would I know this had happened?
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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2009, 02:59:05 pm »
Quote from: zaider on May 14, 2009, 02:53:17 pm
how would I know this had happened?

This thread is about a possible issue with the welding on some STi pickups, but it will nicely sum up what would happen.

"No oil pressure or low oil pressure"

"While on the freeway, my oil light flickered a second, then the sound of spoons in the garbage disposal from the engine. Total engine failure."

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/2-5-liter-litre-factory-motor/109709-oil-pick-up-tube-broken.html


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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2009, 03:06:06 pm »
Quote from: zaider on May 14, 2009, 02:53:17 pm
Quote from: GrantC on May 14, 2009, 01:40:39 pm
You're seriously lucky that the oil pickup didn't get damaged...&nbsp; :o

how would I know this had happened?

You would know.  No oil pickup = bye bye motor.

Here's a couple pics of oil pickup / pan clearance.  It's of a k20a2 oil pump and a k24 oil pan.  I'm sure your pan to pickup clearance is a lot greater than the one in the pic, but I just thought it'd be cool for you to see what's going on in there.







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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2009, 03:18:23 pm »
Quote from: GrantC on May 14, 2009, 02:59:05 pm
Quote from: zaider on May 14, 2009, 02:53:17 pm
how would I know this had happened?

This thread is about a possible issue with the welding on some STi pickups, but it will nicely sum up what would happen.

"No oil pressure or low oil pressure"

"While on the freeway, my oil light flickered a second, then the sound of spoons in the garbage disposal from the engine. Total engine failure."

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/2-5-liter-litre-factory-motor/109709-oil-pick-up-tube-broken.html




Thanks Grant! I've been running it like this for about 5-6000km so I think that it should be ok, otherwise something would have happened by now... but its getting replaced ASAP.
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Re: Bent Oil Pan?
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2009, 04:32:08 pm »
Holy crap! Good thing you caught it.
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