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I accidentally my whole oil pan last friday.... (56K, STFU NOOB)
Was on my way to Hooters friday night for dinner after work. Bottomed out in a halfassed construction repair patch. Knew it was a bad one, checked the rear view and I was throwing a hell of a smoke screen. Nursed it the last .5 miles to the Hooters lot, luckily w/o the oil light coming on. Drained about 3 more qts in their lot. So glad they didnt' call and have my car towed before I got it fixed. I pulled the pan in the lot, took it in to work, fixed it, and then reinstalled it in the Hooters lot, in the dark, in a heavy rain.
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...anadize005.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...anadize006.jpg In the Hooters parking lot saturday morning. http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...anadize007.jpg Damage http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...anadize008.jpg Damage (surprised at how clean the pan was for 148,000 miles. http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...anadize011.jpg Cleaned up http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...anadize012.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...anadize013.jpg Drilled cracks to stop them from growing. http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...anadize014.jpg Welded outside. http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...anadize017.jpg Welded inside. |
haha, I did the same thing this summer, but we wern't able to weld mine (or so they sai, which means I could have done it) but I also was in the middle of nowhere KY and luckily was going down a gravel road so I just coasted to the bottom.
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Same thing happened to me last fall. Ran over a 1ft+ high curb turning into a car wash. Sat there in the cold rain for 2 hours waiting for the cops to arrive so I could get a police report.
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I bottomed out on a small drain trench in front of the gas pumps at Costco, but it only scraped the bottom of the pan by the drain plug, no cracks. Nice weld job.
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Nice work ACH.....
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nice man, i jb welded mine back together lasted about a year until i stripped the drain plug and decided to get a new pan.
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holy crap. i cracked mine too but mine barely dribble at all. this was when i first got my car and i kept forgetting that you should put it in neutral so that you don't accidentally let go of the clutch after you start the car lol. i had not driven stick in a long time so i was pretty rusty. i got it welded too and it's held up since. the pan is some weird aluminum so it's hard to weld. you did a really good job welding it.
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I bottomed out probably a week before this incident, and it put a small crack in it that caused a leak. It was primed for a big one. Its REALLY nice being able to weld, and having access to a welder/materials. I'd be pretty F'd on a lot of things if it were different.
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holy shit bro ...... nice weld tho and stop with the "I accidentally ....." thing TFF
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love the title it made me lol. looks like it got all fixed up and nothing else was wrong
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