gottherim4
Junior Member
What I learned over the weekend: Don't man-handle bolts, especially your oil drain bolt. Use a torque wrench and be more gentle. This is a mistake I will only make once, hopefully!
Just performing a routine oil change. After putting the drain bolt back on I tightened it like an ape, thinking tighter=better. Big mistake. Now I have a hairline crack on the bottom of the oil pan, see pictures below. The crack is very small, but oil is seeping out. I re-drained the oil to get the pictures and then properly torqued the bolt.
Would you replace the oil pan or take off the pan and attempt a repair with something like JD weld? Advice for either option would be appreciated. The best price I can find for a new pan, gasket, and exhaust gaskets (since the header has to come off too) is $160 including shipping. But, how long will that take to ship? I want to fix this correctly, but with as little down time as possible, seeing how the weather on the east coast is looking fantastic.
Just performing a routine oil change. After putting the drain bolt back on I tightened it like an ape, thinking tighter=better. Big mistake. Now I have a hairline crack on the bottom of the oil pan, see pictures below. The crack is very small, but oil is seeping out. I re-drained the oil to get the pictures and then properly torqued the bolt.
Would you replace the oil pan or take off the pan and attempt a repair with something like JD weld? Advice for either option would be appreciated. The best price I can find for a new pan, gasket, and exhaust gaskets (since the header has to come off too) is $160 including shipping. But, how long will that take to ship? I want to fix this correctly, but with as little down time as possible, seeing how the weather on the east coast is looking fantastic.