oil pan

[mrodady]

thats too funny

[David Pollock]

   12905 is absolutely correct.  Remember that the thick cork seal on each end of the pan is not intended to be trimmed, it must compress into the space remaining,  I generally tie the side rail gasket to the pan if the engine is in the car, and install the end bolts first.   Sounds like your mechanic is a chevy guy.   

[mrodady]

thanks, I didn't think so You can't build that many flatheads for that many years and have an issue like that. Thanks again, time to find a better mechanic.

[12905]

The guy's out to lunch. Chryco oil pans were/are no more prone to leaks than any others. However, if the pan bolts have been overtightened at some time and the gasket squeezed out around the holes, then you will have a problem with a new gasket (thi is true of all sheet steel pans no matter the car brand). The fix is easy. Remove the pan and clean its gasket surface carefully, then find a flat, true, and supported metal surface that you can put the pan flange on. Make sure the pan flange lies flat on the metal surface and then, using a small ball pein hammer (or a hard plastic one) gently tap the dimples down (back toward the outside surface of the flange). When you think everything is flat, try the flange surface with a straight edge and remove any remaining high spots. then install the pan with a new gasket and no not rrepeat, do not, overtighten the bolts. The pand just needs to be snugged up to the gasket, not driven through it. No pan ibstalled in this manner, and with an intact gasket should leak.

[mrodady]

OK here's the question, the guy that rebuilt my flat head six engine tells me that the oil pans that Chrysler products put out were of shoddy workmanship and that's why my oil pan does not want to seal properly. .... any comments?