Crushed oil pan
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Crushed oil pan
So we (most of HIIC) did an uppipe install this weekend, and my oil pan got pretty crushed. The 2x4 that was slid between the jack and the oil pan during the engine raising put a NICE (1 1/2-2" deep) dent in the middle of my oil pan. How bad is this? Do I need to replace it ASAP or can I wait until my next scheduled oil change (2k miles roughly a month). Also, how much does a replacement oil pan from Subaru cost, and how hard is the install/replacement?
-Etch
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Originally posted by EtchyLives
So we (most of HIIC) did an uppipe install this weekend, and my oil pan got pretty crushed. The 2x4 that was slid between the jack and the oil pan during the engine raising put a NICE (1 1/2-2" deep) dent in the middle of my oil pan.
So we (most of HIIC) did an uppipe install this weekend, and my oil pan got pretty crushed. The 2x4 that was slid between the jack and the oil pan during the engine raising put a NICE (1 1/2-2" deep) dent in the middle of my oil pan.
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hahaha, "yeah, it shouldn't be a problem to replace."
ummm, oil pans on subys suck. thats the only way to say it. most of the bolts are out in the open, and very easy to get to. but there are 2 in the back that you have to know the magic trick to get out. they are a pain. and once you do get them out, you have clean all the old sealer off. wire wheel on a grinder works the best. then cover with Ultra Grey RTV gasket crap, and try to get the pan up in there without scraping any of the sealer off. i've seen people come back two weeks later b/c the pan was leaking again in the back. we figured out we were hitting the back and cleaning the rtv off. so then once you've got it up there and bolted in on the front, you have to put those two bolts in the rear back in. if getting them out was hard, getting them in is harder! now i have done quite a few of these and have learned all the tricks to doing it, but it still takes me about 1.5 hours.
on the other hand, if your engine is out of the car, its no biggy!
-PJ
ummm, oil pans on subys suck. thats the only way to say it. most of the bolts are out in the open, and very easy to get to. but there are 2 in the back that you have to know the magic trick to get out. they are a pain. and once you do get them out, you have clean all the old sealer off. wire wheel on a grinder works the best. then cover with Ultra Grey RTV gasket crap, and try to get the pan up in there without scraping any of the sealer off. i've seen people come back two weeks later b/c the pan was leaking again in the back. we figured out we were hitting the back and cleaning the rtv off. so then once you've got it up there and bolted in on the front, you have to put those two bolts in the rear back in. if getting them out was hard, getting them in is harder! now i have done quite a few of these and have learned all the tricks to doing it, but it still takes me about 1.5 hours.
on the other hand, if your engine is out of the car, its no biggy!
-PJ
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Don't worry about the downpipe and the oilpan. There is no need to touch the oilpan with a DP install. You just need it to lift the engine a bit off the mount in an UPPIPE install. You'll be just fine. 
-Etch
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