rusty oil pan leaking -- how to fix (short of replacement)

Sep 08, 2005 12 Replies
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I have an F350 4x4 which has developed an oil leak on the bottom of the pan due to rust. Is there any way to fix this ? (short of replacement)



I have seen people who sand it down and apply gobs of bondo to try to stop the leak. The rust is on a large curved surface, so I think that MIG welding a piece is really out of the question due to the amount of forming involved in the covering piece, and the amount of surface preparation & work I would have to do to weld in a piece.



The dealer wants $188 for a new pan. Does anyone know of a Ford parts (or aftermarket) mail outlet where I can find a cheaper oil pan ?



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Bite the bullet and put on a new pan. The labour to replace it is worth almost what the pan is worth.

You could, of course, find a different pan with a similar size and shape of sump, and cut and "paste" to fix the old one if your time isn't worth anything. Or you could make a new sump out of strips of steel, forming and welding to fit, if your time is worth less than nothing.

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I'm guessing ut's a 7.3??? At any rate, I can pretty well guarranty that you would soon regret fixing over replacement.

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buy a new one, I'd imagine any auto parts store will sell you one cheaper, I just checked rockauto.com where I can a lot of my stuff, the sell them for $92

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If it's just a pinhole, you can try a sheet metal screw with an o-ring on it for a temporary fix. I'd still be looking for a replacement. Tried wrecking yards? They usually have a large pile of junk engines that they part out for stuff like this.

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salvage yard search engine

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listen to warman he is a lube boy

lmfao

hurc ast

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Spike

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Gad what fools these morons be.... Children are obscene but should not be heard Give me a peperoni pizza... or give me a calzone!

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Don't tell me this A----le is back - I thought perhap's he'd died.

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But the ALL rust - and sometimes the reason they are junk motors is because they ran out of oil --------.

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ya I get a lot of OEM stuff there, got motorcraft plug wires for a third of the price the dealer wanted

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go to the junkyard and get a new pan....much cheaper. Also, don't use a gasket, just mount the new pan....metal to metal

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