What should I do if I drop an oil pan?
The second choice is to drop the oil pan and reach in and get the item. Depending on the car, this may be the most direct and efficient way to address the problem.
What should I do if I find a nut in my oil pan?
More to the point, once you know that there’s some loose object in your oil pan, I guarantee you that every time you drive the car and hit a bump, you’ll imagine that nut bouncing up, getting caught in the oil pump or timing chain, and grenading your engine. The second choice is to drop the oil pan and reach in and get the item.
Do I have to drop the oil pan to remove the timing chain?
Depending on the engine and what it’s in, I remove the oil pan for an original equipment timing chain replacement. Back in the day, the factory (and not just GM) used nylon on the chain gears and this will come apart over the years. By removing the oil pan, I can clean all the pieces and other just that builds up.
Do you have to loosen up the oil pan?
If you clipped the corners of the timing cover where the front lip seal sits on the oil pan before you installed it then, no, you don’t even have to loosen up the oil pan. That is SOP whenever installing a new timing cover for me. Blown Camaro and budro6968 like this. NO!
Depending on the engine and what it’s in, I remove the oil pan for an original equipment timing chain replacement. Back in the day, the factory (and not just GM) used nylon on the chain gears and this will come apart over the years. By removing the oil pan, I can clean all the pieces and other just that builds up.
Are there oil holes under the valley Pan?
I did not plug the DOD oil holes under the valley pan.. if I can just get the valve train to shut up after the new pushrods I will be happy.. TL;DR: Do I need to change the oil pump and block off the oil pressure relief valve in the oil pan? Are the lifters the same length at expansion (under pressure)?
Do you need to change the oil pump and block off the oil relief valve?
TL;DR: Do I need to change the oil pump and block off the oil pressure relief valve in the oil pan? Are the lifters the same length at expansion (under pressure)? You may need a longer or shorter push rod with the lifter change. Are the springs stiffer?
What to do if you drop a nut in a pan?
Order a new pan gasket, drain the oil, undo the two dozen or so little bolts holding the pan to the block, pull out the wayward nut (and any other little nut friends you find in there as well), clean it up, put it back together, done.
What should I do if I drop a bolt?
Rob Siegel And that brings us to the third option: Fish out the errant item. If the bolt you dropped will stick to a magnet—meaning it’s metal that’s not stainless steel, aluminum, or brass—one of a variety of magnetic wands should help you retrieve it.
The second choice is to drop the oil pan and reach in and get the item. Depending on the car, this may be the most direct and efficient way to address the problem.
Order a new pan gasket, drain the oil, undo the two dozen or so little bolts holding the pan to the block, pull out the wayward nut (and any other little nut friends you find in there as well), clean it up, put it back together, done.
More to the point, once you know that there’s some loose object in your oil pan, I guarantee you that every time you drive the car and hit a bump, you’ll imagine that nut bouncing up, getting caught in the oil pump or timing chain, and grenading your engine. The second choice is to drop the oil pan and reach in and get the item.
Rob Siegel And that brings us to the third option: Fish out the errant item. If the bolt you dropped will stick to a magnet—meaning it’s metal that’s not stainless steel, aluminum, or brass—one of a variety of magnetic wands should help you retrieve it.