My Oil Pan Story
We noticed a slow oil leak over the winter so decided to check it out before
changing the oil, thought it might be maybe gasket, tighten bolts.
So I (Marlene) crawled under the GMC to check it out, cleaned all the
oil,dirt and etc. off pan and surrounding areas and found that at some time
back 3 holes were put into the pan just over the top of the Rod (relay tie).
How? I don't know.
And those holes were patched with ? Solder? Any way three blobs were there
about the size of the tip of my little finger . Came so close to the rod
that I could barely get my fingers between pan and rod. The leak was in the
center of the blobs so proceeded to use a small circular sanding pad and
sanded all three blobs down to just above surface of pan. Cleaned and sanded
all the surrounding area and used an Epoxy Putty the kind you knead
together,sticks to anything and withstands temperatures of from - 90* to
500*.
Tried it on a piece of steel first and it does stick. Couldn't use JB Weld
as would have had to apply with a stick or tools and did not have enough
room , so was much easier to be able to use fingers to form. Sets up in 5 to
15 min. and steel hard in 1 hour.
Put 6 quarts and new filter Mobil 1 in last night ran Big Jim and
NO LEAKS THIS MORNING.
That's my story,
Marlene Meineken
We noticed a slow oil leak over the winter so decided to check it out before
changing the oil, thought it might be maybe gasket, tighten bolts.
So I (Marlene) crawled under the GMC to check it out, cleaned all the
oil,dirt and etc. off pan and surrounding areas and found that at some time
back 3 holes were put into the pan just over the top of the Rod (relay tie).
How? I don't know.
And those holes were patched with ? Solder? Any way three blobs were there
about the size of the tip of my little finger . Came so close to the rod
that I could barely get my fingers between pan and rod. The leak was in the
center of the blobs so proceeded to use a small circular sanding pad and
sanded all three blobs down to just above surface of pan. Cleaned and sanded
all the surrounding area and used an Epoxy Putty the kind you knead
together,sticks to anything and withstands temperatures of from - 90* to
500*.
Tried it on a piece of steel first and it does stick. Couldn't use JB Weld
as would have had to apply with a stick or tools and did not have enough
room , so was much easier to be able to use fingers to form. Sets up in 5 to
15 min. and steel hard in 1 hour.
Put 6 quarts and new filter Mobil 1 in last night ran Big Jim and
NO LEAKS THIS MORNING.
That's my story,
Marlene Meineken
Good for you! My steel roof needs to be
