The Oil Pan Thread

[Speedbump]

I never hit mine. I only hit the frontbumper and behind the frontwheels on the chassis. (Audi a4 convertible on FK coils)

[Go3Go]

this thread is full of lols, you guys are nuts (in a good way)

[hootie]

yo where wxactly are you bolting that skid plate up to??

2 Bolts in the back to the steering rack and 4 bolts in the front to the radiator support.

[Zack01GC]

BMW M30 pans in E24's and E28's suck. Just by looking at it, I can tell what's going to be the first thing to go when I drop it more...

[NikDev]

You should all drive 360`s, no need worry about the oilpan

[Leftcoaststeez]

so this is my pan after raising the coils 4 turns its a vr6 raised motor and shortend pan 1/4 in steel plate welded on the bottom

Could this setup pan wise work on a mk4?

[mavrsixxx]

Could this setup pan wise work on a mk4?

im assuming your running a vr6? if so as long as you using a steel pan
yes it would work.

[bmw_devil]

cracked up my oil pan on the high way...

replaced the pan with a new one, new oil's + filter

it went all good for about a week..

then this happend:




fucked up the engine..

[Leftcoaststeez]

im assuming your running a vr6? if so as long as you using a steel pan
yes it would work.

How much is it shortened and would it run the same amount of oil?

[mavrsixxx]

How much is it shortened and would it run the same amount of oil?

its shortened about 2in. you run a little less oil. although alot of people
widen there pan to make up for the shortness.
what i did to be safe is put in an oil pressure gage so i can check it, also
i needed to do a mk5 r32 pump swap because its shorter than oem
idk how long your pump is

[B Rod]

Hmmm...I haven't taken a look at mine in a while. Probably a good idea. Last time I checked, it was pretty damn scratched up, but that what before I raised the motor a bit.

[Leftcoaststeez]

its shortened about 2in. you run a little less oil. although alot of people
widen there pan to make up for the shortness.
what i did to be safe is put in an oil pressure gage so i can check it, also
i needed to do a mk5 r32 pump swap because its shorter than oem
idk how long your pump is

Good Idea Ill pm you for anymore advice thanks for the insight.

[e36rjbmw]

Just cracked my first one.

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2479

Steel pan and lowering it more

+1 for those roads that have dips with raised centers. I DESTROYED the underside of my car on a dip like that before I noticed it was to late and slammed everything at like 40, I thought for sure the pan was roasted but nope
little pothole on a backroad did me in.

[crs_one]

no pics of my pan, i have gone through two of them tho lol.... bent a pickup and toasted the motor right after one of the times....



and thats my tranny case.... kinda hard to se but thats the flywheel all exposed lol...



and a couple of downpipes that didnt even have a chance to get dirty before destroying..... haha

[Mattphi]

I've managed not to crack a pan so far, I have an extra one in the garage just in case though