Deep Pan For C5 A4
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Burning Brakes
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From: MARRIOTTSVILLE MD
Deep Pan For C5 A4
I just got my new Summit Racing catalog and noticed that they now have a finned aluminum pan for the A4 guys that holds 2 extra quarts. So now ya know as much about it as I do.
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The fear of bottoming out and cracking a deep pan would steer me from this idea. Besides, it's so easy, inexpensive, and effective to install a tranny cooler on our cars that there's no reason to look for other solution. 
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Originally Posted by XTrooper
The fear of bottoming out and cracking a deep pan would steer me from this idea. Besides, it's so easy, inexpensive, and effective to install a tranny cooler on our cars that there's no reason to look for other solution.
Not worth the worry of bottoming out over a speed bump or some other obstruction and knocking a hole in the pan. Lose all the transmission fluid while you are driving and your tranny is shot in a matter of minutes.
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From: somwhere Texas
Originally Posted by EB20003
Not worth the worry of bottoming out over a speed bump or some other obstruction and knocking a hole in the pan. Lose all the transmission fluid while you are driving and your tranny is shot in a matter of minutes.
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From: MARRIOTTSVILLE MD
Not worth the worry of bottoming out over a speed bump or some other obstruction and knocking a hole in the pan. Lose all the transmission fluid while you are driving and your tranny is shot in a matter of minutes.
I still think its worth taking a few measurements to determine if that is a problem since its got to be easier then installing a trans cooler. Plus it might be designed with both a side fill and drain plugs which would make changing fluid a lot easier.
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I still think its worth taking a few measurements to determine if that is a problem since its got to be easier then installing a trans cooler. Plus it might be designed with both a side fill and drain plugs which would make changing fluid a lot easier.
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From: Winston Salem NC
Originally Posted by INTHERED
Not worth the worry of bottoming out over a speed bump or some other obstruction and knocking a hole in the pan. Lose all the transmission fluid while you are driving and your tranny is shot in a matter of minutes.
I still think its worth taking a few measurements to determine if that is a problem since its got to be easier then installing a trans cooler. Plus it might be designed with both a side fill and drain plugs which would make changing fluid a lot easier.
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I still think its worth taking a few measurements to determine if that is a problem since its got to be easier then installing a trans cooler. Plus it might be designed with both a side fill and drain plugs which would make changing fluid a lot easier.
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The pan is not the lowest point. You will not hit anything that clears the front. Your oil pan is more likely to be hit. Your frame would hit a speed bump, not the pan.
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From: MARRIOTTSVILLE MD
Originally Posted by gojo
I have a deep pan as an added precaution. It will not replace a tranny cooler. I don't have my car or I would take a picture.
The pan is not the lowest point. You will not hit anything that clears the front. Your oil pan is more likely to be hit. Your frame would hit a speed bump, not the pan.
The pan is not the lowest point. You will not hit anything that clears the front. Your oil pan is more likely to be hit. Your frame would hit a speed bump, not the pan.
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From: GARDENA Ca, State Of Konfusion
St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by INTHERED
Not worth the worry of bottoming out over a speed bump or some other obstruction and knocking a hole in the pan. Lose all the transmission fluid while you are driving and your tranny is shot in a matter of minutes.
I still think its worth taking a few measurements to determine if that is a problem since its got to be easier then installing a trans cooler. Plus it might be designed with both a side fill and drain plugs which would make changing fluid a lot easier.
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I still think its worth taking a few measurements to determine if that is a problem since its got to be easier then installing a trans cooler. Plus it might be designed with both a side fill and drain plugs which would make changing fluid a lot easier.
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I have both the deep dish and a tranny cooler that work very well for me for years. Plus I am lowered in the front and rear. 
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From: Winston Salem NC
Originally Posted by wallstAL
Bottoming out, no way!! I have both the deep dish and a tranny cooler that work very well for me for years. Plus I am lowered in the front and rear.
I have both the deep dish and a tranny cooler that work very well for me for years. Plus I am lowered in the front and rear. Glad you had a picture. It's nice to get firsthand feedback.
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From: Arroyo Seco/Soledad California
I have a new finned trans pan that holds
four extra quarts and has drain plug. paid
190.00 bucks for it. I chickened out and
didn't install it on my lowered car. will sell it
for 125.00 plus shipping. if interested e-mail me
michaelsgarland@sbcglobal.net
four extra quarts and has drain plug. paid
190.00 bucks for it. I chickened out and
didn't install it on my lowered car. will sell it
for 125.00 plus shipping. if interested e-mail me
michaelsgarland@sbcglobal.net
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St. Jude Donor '04
Originally Posted by gojo
I have a deep pan as an added precaution. It will not replace a tranny cooler. I don't have my car or I would take a picture.
The pan is not the lowest point. You will not hit anything that clears the front. Your oil pan is more likely to be hit. Your frame would hit a speed bump, not the pan.
The pan is not the lowest point. You will not hit anything that clears the front. Your oil pan is more likely to be hit. Your frame would hit a speed bump, not the pan.
Not to mention losing all of your tranny fluid will not kill the transmission it will just make it inoperable until it's reserviced.
BTW to service a rebuilt transmission you have to start the car and then pump in fluid and then let that warm up to operating temp and then service it to the proper level.
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From: GARDENA Ca, State Of Konfusion
St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by WHINER
having seen road debris crack cast pans, I'll pass on it 
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Originally Posted by wallstAL
I remember a rock hiting someone stock tranny pan on a mountain caravan back in 2000. His tranny temp went up real fast and he was forced to call a tow truck.