Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:46:48 -0400 From: Dexter J <lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: '88 900i 8v oil leak still at sump plug area: oh dear - help
Salutations: Grunff wrote: > > Dexter J wrote: > > > The upside is that you can buy a used replacement cheap from any wrecker > > with a 80's series 900 engine.. The next time you change oil - have it done > > at a shop and have them swap off the oil pan when they change the oil.. > > Anyone should be able to do it in under an hour (although I could be wrong > > - check).. > > On a C900, the oil pan is part of the tranny casing - there is > no separate pan. So I'm afraid that replacing it is nothing like > as easy as it is on most cars :-(. > > -- > Grunff AHHHH - sorry.. I never had to mess with mine when I had one and just assumed a pan somewhere under the grime.. Geeze - that's too bad.. Well then - as I said in the first place - pay attention to brother Grunff's advise.. He knows.. Would there be any merit in forming a inch wide ring of epoxy on inside and outside of the case around the crack and trying to put in a treaded sleeve in so that over torque would result in sleeve movement instead of further case damage?.. Kinda like a shear pin?.. -- J Dexter - webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Doctor Hook - The Cover of the Rolling Stone http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/033.RAM
