If you can't find a used one cheap you can repair it by brazing a patch on the OUTSIDE of the hole but remove it from the car first and clean thoroughly. Don't trust your engine to any glue because if it comes off and you don't shut off the engine immediately, it's a gonerI have a hole in my oil pan (1993 grand am), Is it possible to just repair the hole and if so what sort of?
I brazed a hole in pan on a Mercury Capri a few years back.
Get a new pan. try LKQparts.com
Follow the advice for using regular JB weld as the previous posts advise. Just be sure to get ALL the oil off the metal before applying.
Degreaser, sandpaper, and then degreaser again.
just replace the oil pan.....U can usually get one fairly cheap at a salvage yard........trying to use epoxy is a big risk....if the patch lets go then u could destroy your motor!!!!!
just get the oil pan replaced their are no epoxies or glues that will be able to stand up to the oil and the high temps not to mention that most epoxies degrade when they get hit with water or oil. Just go to a junk yard and get another oil pan. That's not something on a car that you want to be cheep about once you loose the oil your engine will be ruined in a matter of minutes.
I have fixed one befor with JB weld you can find it at the autoparts store. read the labels to deterine wich kind you need for the job it will have to be able to withstand high temperatures. This is not a permanent fix. Take the oilpan off. clean oil off the surface brake cleaner would work good. apply as per directions on product let sit till fully cured. Test fill with water to make sure it doesn't leak. Make sure when applying jbweld that it smooth. it is okay if it protrudes outside the pan but not inside you don't want it interfearing with the workings or the engine. this Should cost u uner $50. Anew oilpan $150 plus
If it is a small hole you could try jb weld for a temporary fix. The cheapest way out is to get one out of a junk yard and replace it. Cost for used pan about 20 bucks and oil pan gasket 6 bucks.
You need to drain the pan, and do your best to clean up around the hole - you need ALL of the oil out of your way. This is absolutely, positively, no-doubt the most important step.
Sand down and thoroughly clean up the patch area. Rough it with 80 grit paper.
Then, you can try JB weld, or another two-part epoxy that promises to be a steel-crack repair. The important thing is it must be oil and gas resistant. After the repair - wait TWO days. Ignore the ';one day'; the package promises. And after that repair, sand it down a little, sand a little further on the pan, and apply a SECOND repair. This one you can wait a day on, since its the ';back-up'; in case you nerfed the first repair.
Spray a coat of paint on your repair to protect the surrounding sanded pan area (better yet - get a rust-encapsulating paint and use that). Then, flush your oil pan (to eliminate sanding frags) and you should be good to go.
Its not expensive, but it takes a lot of time to do an effective oil-pan repair. Any oil on the repair surface, and all bets are off!!!
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