I did this on my daughter's VW oil pan and never had a problem. Clean, clean and clean area. For insurance, take a small cloth, put a little alcohol on it and wipe one more time. Then mix up some JB weld and apply to hole. You may want to let the JBweld set up a little before applying, this will keep it from running. Let sit for at least 24hrs. before refilling with oil.
that depends on whether the oil pan gasket is leaking of it you have a hole in the oil pan if you have leaking gasket, the engine needs to be raised to enable removal of oil pan, gonna cost you some bucks. if you have a hole, drain the oil pan. buy a good filler at auto store, clean area round hole and plug leak i priced it today and it was 2.5 hours labor plus the price of the pan and gasket. around 400 bucks.
i want to fix a 1995 astro vans oil pan how do i go about that?
Answerdepending on the size and location of the hole you can buy a puddy like product from most auto stores the you plug the hole with that dries solid if the oil pan has more than a few holes i would get a new oneget a rebuilt pan from napa it could cost you
the acids in the oil eats the pan over time
You may need to reseal the oil pan
How do u fix a stripped out oil pan
You will need to drain the oil from your 1988 Toyota Pickup truck oil pan. Remove the oil pan by removing the oil pan retaining bolts. Scrape the old oil pan gasket off. Clean the oil pan gasket surface. Put the new oil pan gasket on and reverse the process.
If it's a small hole, you might be able to get away with some 3M structural adhesive. Most of the time you end up installing a new pan.
Just remove the oil pan and repair or replace it.
You need to have the hole tapped out to a larger size, and put in a larger drain plug. Or, you can have the whole oil pan replaced, which is more expensive
Located in the oil pan
drain the oil from the vehicle, unbolt the oil pan, scrape old gasket from pan and crankcase. check the torque specifications for the oil pan bolts (shouldnt be very high). replace the gasket and oil pan to factory torque specs. put drain plug back in and fill with factory specs of oil.