Well I may just do it like that then. J-B Weld is only like 6 bucks. You can't beat good quality on the cheap. If you say it will work, I will trust you. I feel a lot better doing it on the outside. I don't think I would trust it on the inside of the oil pan. It would scare me every time I drove. But I will do like you said and just put it a few coats on the outside.

I still need someone to tell me who was having those aluminum skid plates made for cheap. My plastic skid plate got shredded like a year ago.

 

dieselgeek.com


even though when just checked their site was down

they make the hd plate for like two hundo or something... very smart investment

 

Alu skid plates are a lot of added weight.. They're supposed to break instead of the oil pan, so you can just replace them as you go. A lot of cars don't even have these. I've looked at some types, and even though they are "lightweight" they have a lot of added weight still.. But you know, with a 2.8 you might not feel the difference so much anyway. But the 1.6 (I'm driving one) still has a retail of 50 000$ here.. Wish I had your engine, hehe.

 

I wish I had a 1.8T so I could actually mod it, lol.

 

definitely do not JB weld the inside of your oil pan.

you should PM Sineo, she lives in your area and did a good amount of work to her 2.8 before she upgraded. she might be able to give you a hand...

 

I know most shops around where I live will, assuming you do all the work cleaning up the oil pan and whatnot, weld the crack up for you for like $2. I've had to do that on a few vehicles when I still worked at the quick lube in town.

 

cold weld works i got a hole in my oil pan the other week and i was freakin out but my friends dad told me that he could fix it with some putty. we just sanded the surface sealed cleaned it and sealed it slapped some jb weld on it and its perfectly fine.

 

I know you said you are trying to save money... I just replaced my oil pan... it was cracked as well... I got a NEW one off ebay for 65 shipped to my house in 2 days... just double check the part number it s on the bottom of the pan

check these out... this what I used

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...Q5fAccessories

OR


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...Q5fAccessories