hungryhippo

Anyone where i can get an aluminum oil pan repaired? I bought an out of state car and it showed up with a patch of jb weld on the oil pan so I'm pretty sure its cracked. I bought another one off ebay, but came with a stripped drain plug. When i tapped it for a timesert, i tapped it crooked I do not want to tap it any larger because there is not much material around the threads. A new oil pan is $1200.

odxr

Any good machine shop or welding shop should be able to fix both of the pans.I don't know the best shops in your area but maybe somebody will post up .If you stay in this hobbie very long you will have to find a good machinist.

magracy

Hey there Hungry Hippo, I have 30 years experience welding aluminum so I can probably fix your oil pan. can you post a pic of the crack? My sons Shop is in napa, that's where I have my welder. Give me a call if you want. 707-812-4457 Mark

hungryhippo

Mark, I live 30 min from Napa. The cracked oil pan is on the car and has epoxy covering it. The stripped oil pan is off. Can it be filled with material and retapped or have a bung welded in? I should have the cracked pan off this weekend and can take a picture of the inside.

BOUT X

Just know it's cast aluminum not billet alum. In my experience cast doesn't weld good

magracy

Yes I can weld in a new bung. You have to clean cast very well but it can be welded.

dmaxx3500

biggest problem with alum oil pans is getting the oil/crude out of the crack

subfloor@centurytrans

What year car has a $1200 oil pan???

hungryhippo

It's a 2008 bmw m3

hungryhippo

Thanks to Mark and his son at AJ's auto/performance in frame tuning for fixing my oil pan better than new