16V oil pan

[skerocdriver@juno.com (Shawn C Meze)]

On Tue, 7 May 2002 11:56:24 -0400 "DEMETRIS  RAPTIS" <raver@prodigy.net>
writes:

>I changed the oil pan gasket today. THAT SUCKED BIG TIME. 


That's normal. 


>First the =
>gasket had not been changed ever!! 


That's normal. 


>I dropped the pan , after draining 
>the oil of course, the old and original gasket was cooked ! I had to 
>use a razor blade to scrape it. 


That's normal. 


>I found metal shavings stuck on the bottom 
>of the oil pan. 


That's normal. 


>Thay look like cast iron really soft , few looked like 
>aluminum though. 


That's normal. Its actually lead. 


>After seeing all this crap, I took off the mesh screen
>at the end of the oil pump. Voila, it was 50% clogged with some strings
>of orange silicone and more metal shavings. 



That's NOT normal! Damn, something is up then. That or some bonerskull
decided to RTV the valve cover gasket. I hate halfass people. 



>BTW, does anybody know if I am supposed to 
>re-torque the oil pan bolts after couple of days?
>Demetri


8V or 16v??
LOL, doesn't matter. Its 15ft lbs. and you were only required to wait a
few minutes before retorque. Wont hurt nothing tho. 


Shawn Méze
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