Newkidonthebloc
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone,
Last saturday I did my first oil change on the car and had a look inside de engine from the bottom. I have a few pictures attached. Found a few bits of casting flesh in the bottom of the pan (however, does the rest look normal?).
The problem occurred when trying the screw the oil pan back onto the block. I noticed that the pick up hit the bottom of the pan before the pan hitting the machined surfaces of the block. I have read elsewhere that the pick up should be off the bottom by just a bit (like 1/16 - 1/8).
Contrary to that, the service manual actually states that the pick up should touch the pan (see picture).
What should I do now raise it or leave it?
My plan is to order a 3/8 npt tap and a pipewrench to clean the threads and give the pick-up one more rotation and get it up slightly higher? This does mean that I have to pull the pan back off with the new gasket :'( can you reuse those when they did 0 miles?
Last saturday I did my first oil change on the car and had a look inside de engine from the bottom. I have a few pictures attached. Found a few bits of casting flesh in the bottom of the pan (however, does the rest look normal?).
The problem occurred when trying the screw the oil pan back onto the block. I noticed that the pick up hit the bottom of the pan before the pan hitting the machined surfaces of the block. I have read elsewhere that the pick up should be off the bottom by just a bit (like 1/16 - 1/8).
Contrary to that, the service manual actually states that the pick up should touch the pan (see picture).
What should I do now raise it or leave it?
My plan is to order a 3/8 npt tap and a pipewrench to clean the threads and give the pick-up one more rotation and get it up slightly higher? This does mean that I have to pull the pan back off with the new gasket :'( can you reuse those when they did 0 miles?