Oil pan rot

[GOOSE]

Well, Just got done brazing it and painting it with POR15

After brazing i sprayed the inside of the pan with brakeclean again. One of my welds was NOT up to par and was seeping. I had to hit it again w more braze. The second time it worked. Let it all cool, wire brushed the hell out of the rest of the pan and put 2 generous coats of POR15 on.

I hate that stuff. I will be wearing it for a week but at least the pan is sealed

Kudos for sticking to your guns and doing the repair the way you thought was best. You got my respect on that one.

 

[Kevin 007]

X2 on that one man!!

 

[Diesel_brad]

Yeah. Alot of times I don't even know why i ask. I already have it in my head of how i want to do it. Maybe it is just so I can hear other people agreeing with me

 

[93turbo_animal]

Good Deal! I am glad it worked and you did not blow up.

Around 10 years ago I had a $50 87' F250 7.3IDI plow truck. I got it for $50 because scrap was low and the oil pan was rotted and repaired, then rotted again. The oil just poured out as you poured it in. The motor mount nuts were all rounded off too.

So being the hillbilly I am, I got traded some TacoBell for a junkyard pan and towed the truck home. I torched the crossmember off, put the good pan on, then stick welded it all back together.

Worked great!

Yeah I already looked at mine and decided when it needs a new pan thats what I'm doing except I'll use eaithe a sawzall cutoff wheel or plasma cutter to get a clean cut

 

[Kevin 007]

Is it common for them to rot out?? I have never heard of this before.

 

[oldmisterbill]

Yeah. Alot of times I don't even know why i ask. I already have it in my head of how i want to do it. Maybe it is just so I can hear other people agreeing with me

Perhaps you think you have the answer - but figger you might learn sumpin new? Thats what I do, then decide which way I like best. I never was too smart to learn sumpin new.

 

[papastruck]

Is it common for them to rot out?? I have never heard of this before.

It's an east coast thing. Road salt absolutely destroys vehicles there.

 

[Diesel_brad]

Is it common for them to rot out?? I have never heard of this before.

Anywhere that uses salt on the road. Between the heat and salt, it does wonders on metal

 

[oldmisterbill]

Oe of my favorite emergency patches is (many of you will not believe me but it works great). wire brush well -clean with an evaporating solvent,paint a heavy coat of POR15 -apply a lare of fiberglass matt or a layer of paper towels -paint again and layer till you like hoe whick it is.Let dry then filll with deisel or motor oil or just put your feet on a dry floorboard on a snowy slushy day. I prefer fiberglass matt - however one day I was out of fiberglass evrything was closed,so I used paper towels.I don't know how long the paper towels last because it was still sealing a deisel tank 5 years later when I moved from Massachusetts.

In brads situation for extra protection since he had POr any way I would have done a couple layers for grins & giggles.

 

[Diesel_brad]

Oe of my favorite emergency patches is (many of you will not believe me but it works great). wire brush well -clean with an evaporating solvent,paint a heavy coat of POR15 -apply a lare of fiberglass matt or a layer of paper towels -paint again and layer till you like hoe whick it is.Let dry then filll with deisel or motor oil or just put your feet on a dry floorboard on a snowy slushy day. I prefer fiberglass matt - however one day I was out of fiberglass evrything was closed,so I used paper towels.I don't know how long the paper towels last because it was still sealing a deisel tank 5 years later when I moved from Massachusetts.

In brads situation for extra protection since he had POr any way I would have done a couple layers for grins & giggles.

I have heard of the paper Mache' fix before, I just didnt want to risk it

 

[snicklas]

Now you guys have me thinking/worried. I will have to give the pan a once-over next oil change, which is coming up. I know there is a bit of oil on the pan, but that is not enough to keep it from rusting. Would rather prevent now, instead of fix later. I think my pan is trapped also... they love that huge cross member!!!!

I think one thing on the salt that is worse here is, the state loves that spray on liquid, calcium chloride / molasses stuff that they use everywhere, even as a "preventer". I have seen the brine sprayed on bridges when there is a chance of frost. So we can have that stuff down as early as September, and as late as April..... then when the snow flies.... they take the big salt shakers out and add more "rock salt" to what is already there. i remember one winter, several years ago, I had a Ford conversion van. On the bottom of front doors, the company name, Rockwood, was painted into the striping. We had a week + of snow and crap, and they put down massive amounts of salt since it was cloudy and stayed below freezing. The layer of muck from the paved streets was so think, you could not read the name on the bottom of the doors.... you really couldn't tell what color the van was until you got up to the mirrors.

 

[Diesel_brad]

Yeah Scott, you would be screwed as well. You need to pull the engine to change your pan too

 

[Agnem]

I've always wondered, why is it that when guys change their oil, they don't take notice of what's going on with the pan? I mean... a little common sense like "hey this thing is getting rusty! I better wire brush it and throw some paint on it." Just sayin.... At an absolute minimum on some of my pans, I've been known to stick my hand in the old oil and then wipe it off on the rusting areas of the pan. A little protection of some kind goes a long way.

 

[Diesel_brad]

O, you are supposed to look at stuff while you are under there?
Knew I was doing something wrong all these years

 

[papastruck]

I've always wondered, why is it that when guys change their oil, they don't take notice of what's going on with the pan? I mean... a little common sense like "hey this thing is getting rusty! I better wire brush it and throw some paint on it." Just sayin.... At an absolute minimum on some of my pans, I've been known to stick my hand in the old oil and then wipe it off on the rusting areas of the pan. A little protection of some kind goes a long way.

I knew a guy in MA who'd save his old oil and put it in a pesticide sprayer, then spray it all over his undercarriage.

I bet there's more than one shop who does an oil change and keeps it quiet when they notice a pan rusting out due to the work it brings in later. And the owners of said trucks would be like my landlord, who apparently would rather replace a deck rather than make use of the information we passed along that it's drying out and could use a coat of stain before sitting under the rain unprotected for the next 6 months. </rant>