Oil Pan Drain Plug Leakage

even better news!!! one of my motor mounts sheared. THANKS RH!!!

Bet it was the passenger's side . . . .

i'll call them on monday and see what they say. I'm still going to use eric's motor mounts, his new ones are designed so much better.

also does anyone else have a blank on their block(drivers side) where it looks like an oil pan bolt should be?

The sealing problem is common in that corner with the RH pans. My solution for it was to drill and tap a small hole in the block between the two ports, then put a small bolt through the pan there.

Their new pans supposedly fix the problem with a bridge there. Either way, it's going to be a pain to fix in the car...sorry to hear!

Schuepbach wrote:i'll call them on monday and see what they say. I'm still going to use eric's motor mounts, his new ones are designed so much better.

also does anyone else have a blank on their block(drivers side) where it looks like an oil pan bolt should be?

Yes, that is normal. Don't ask me why though.

948 wrote:

Schuepbach wrote:

RobotMachines wrote:Check out the cut ground wire on the cross-member that I think goes to the steering rack. I remember making sure I attached mine but, to this day, haven't figured out exactly why it's needed. I do remember having the feeling that it's something to do with static electricity building up/charging the hydraulic fluid.

Yah, off topic.

Actually, it's just probably for the horn ground.

my car starts and doesnt drain the battery so i'm sure its ok. I also forgot what it was for, but it doesnt seem essential. I may just take it off completely for weight savings.

That wire is the horn ground....

Well i heard back from RH.

They offered some tips, mainly to drill an extra hole for a bolt by the IO ports for extra support. They also said I could send in the pan and they would look at it. If it it was repairable they would do that, if not they would just send me a new one. Overall a much better experience than I was expecting.

so now my options are:

1) buy eric's pan, have him install it, hope that all is fixed

2)pull the pan myself, send it off to RH and wait

3)have eric pull the pan, send it off to RH(hope they dont look at the return address lol).

My other concern is that maybe the rear main seal is leaking instead of the pan. Are there any indicators of that versus the pan? I may throw in some flourescent dye in the oil and trace it from there.