Anyone got a spare oil pan?

[winfred]

i jbweld oil pans all of the time you just need to do it right, my e30 has been jb'd for almost 80k miles, drain the oil and clean clean clean then rough up the area and give it some texture, clean some more and then jb it. lately i've been using jb quick because it sets up in 5-10 minutes (but you still want to give it overnight before adding oil) this reduces the time it can run and sag

[Hallmark]

Like the suggestion, I drainded the oil and then jacked it up so whatever coated the pan would pool on the opposite side from the crack. Clean with brake cleaner and scrub as deep into the crack as I can. Spackle the crack with JB Weld and let it set overnight.

We'll see how it works.

[dacoyote]

i jbweld oil pans all of the time you just need to do it right, my e30 has been jb'd for almost 80k miles, drain the oil and clean clean clean then rough up the area and give it some texture, clean some more and then jb it. lately i've been using jb quick because it sets up in 5-10 minutes (but you still want to give it overnight before adding oil) this reduces the time it can run and sag

I stand corrected.... some of the time prep is the most important step....

[FWinNH]

Just as a point of reference as to what can be done with JB Weld... the "official" procedure published by SAAB for filling pits in the block surface that sometimes occur when a head gasket fails is to fill them with JB Weld and then shave it flush after it dries. Slap a new gasket on and tighten her up.

http://townsendimports.com/Web/cooli...der/2.1jbw.htm

I've never used this procedure, but apparently a lot of SAAB techs have.

[DaCan23]

Wow while I had never heard of this stuff before this thread, I dismissed its application. Whats the heat rating of it? I'll have to ask pops about it.