can a oil pan leak be fixed with something like jb weld just for the time being until i can get a oil pan. it is damaged. not sure how bad never been underneath of it. and if i can use jb weld do i have to pull the pan off?

 

where is the leak comming from? the seal? crack in the pan? drain plug? if its the oil pan gasket, spend the 5 bucks for the gasket from autozone and it will take you 4 or 5 qts of oil and 20 tops to drain the oil, pull off the pan, clean up the gasket area, put the new gasket back on, torque down the bolts to spec! and put new oil in.

 

Depending on if the pans cracked, how big of a crack it is, then yes... an oil pan can be JB welded.
I did it myself on a friends Saturn.
He never replaced the pan and its now been over a year.

 

the seller told me that the pan its self is damaged. i need to crawl underneath her one day and see what the prob really is maybe ill use a tampon and plug the hole. lmao.
josh did you pull the pan to jb it . thats my main concern is having to pull it off to jbweld it.

 

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um yeah i would pull the pan off and clean off the oil so you dont catch your engine on fire

 

No, I left the pan on.
If you're gonna pull it, might as well replace it.
I just drained the oil and let it sit a while, cleaned it off, the rigged it. lol

 

a little dangerous but it works lol

 

how is this dangerous isnt it just a compound

 

why would you replace the oil pan if you can just do a simple jb weld fix?? taking an oil pan off is cake... just let the car sit, drain the oil, unbold it and pull it down... clean it, fix it, bolt it back up, and put new oil in it