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BJ8 Dented oil pan

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Mmm

I have thrown two better ones than that away, 5 years ago and replaced them with a nice DW ally job, and the fins are still intact :angel2:

:cheers:

Bob
 
My 100 pan looked the same and had a body guy pound it back in shape. Baffles had to be rewelded but not removed. Oil pick up and screen were also damaged. Also found that dipstick was bottoming out so not reading accurately. So beyond cosmetics there are other reasons to repair the dents.
 
Some years back I was driving my ex-wife's BN7 one night and hit a fairly small but hard object in the road--either a rock or piece of wood--which flipped up and hit the sump. Immediately I heard a ticking sound which corresponded to the speed of the engine. I drove home and next day when it was light jacked the car up and saw a nice sized dent in the pan. When I started the engine I heard the ticking sound again and when I put my hand on the pan I could feel the ticking. I dropped the pan and saw that the front throw of the crank was just brushing up against the dented pan. I dropped the pan, carefully banged the dent out from the inside with a ball peen hammer while resting the pan against a sand bag and reinstalled the pan. Voila, no more dent and no more ticking.
 
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Michael Oritt said:
Some years back I was driving my ex-wife's BN7 one night and hit a fairly small but hard object in the road--either a rock or piece of wood--which flipped up and hit the sump. Immediately I heard a ticking sound which corresponded to the speed of the engine. I drove home and next day when it was light jacked the car up and saw a nice sized dent in the pan. When I started the engine I heard the ticking sound again and when I put my hand on the pan I could feel the tickiing. I dropped the pan and saw that the front throw of the crank was just brushig up against the dented pan....
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Did you think "Glad I don't have an aluminum pan?"
 
Michael Oritt said:
...carefully banged the dent out from the inside with a ball peen hammer while resting the pan against a sand bag and reinstalled the pan. Voila, no more dent and no more ticking.
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Once again proving the wisdom - and accuracy! - of the old adage, "If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem."
 
Yes, and I do miss that car.
 
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