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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 01:36 AM
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my oil pan has started to rust bubling on it i was wondering if there was a way to patch it or a way to awap it out with out dropping the cradle and motor. it is a 95 3.4 5speed. thank you
 
Old Feb 14, 2010 | 02:03 AM
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as far i know when something rust you cant repair it you have to replace it, if its just surface rust you can sand and paint or primer
 
Old Feb 14, 2010 | 05:23 AM
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very hard to get to the pan when its on the car. how bad is it? if its lookin real bad im not sure u want to try cleaning it up. new pan is not that much. changing a pan is not easy so it may be a good idea to spray it down with some rust inhibitor to slow the rust.
 
Old Feb 14, 2010 | 09:36 AM
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Knock of the flaking rust clean it and spray on some encapsulator. Its a special sealer that stops Oxygen from getting to the rust. Rust can not grow with out Oxygen. Its not really what I would call repaired but it will be stoped and the correct color and it wont be growing underneath like it would with regular paint. It should be good for the next decade or so. You will most likey have the pan off for some other reason and you can fix it right at that time.

http://www.eastwood.com/rust-solutio...sulator-1.html
 
Old Feb 14, 2010 | 09:47 AM
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it is seeping oil from under the buble. i didnt know if i could take a peace of square tubimg from shock tower to shock tower and run chains from it to the motor to hold it in place while i drop the k member. sorry for the spelling
 
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