I have used jb water weld with good results to fix oil pans. Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 12, 2016, at 11:10 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> On 12/09/2016 2:05 AM, clay via Mercedes wrote: >> I do not know the size of the hole. It is slathered in some epoxy, might be >> JB Weld for all I can tell. The patch has failed such that the oil is >> oozing/seeping out a fracture/inclusion and making small spots on the >> asphalt. That is probably good for the macadam as it feeds it the needed >> petroleum goodness. >> >> I guess I could topsider it and remove the offending patch to see just what >> I am dealing with. What I can surmise is that at one point the car hit >> something at the lower corner of the pan and this was the quick and dirty >> repair. Had the under shield been in place, the damage would have been >> negligible, as the padded plastic shield would have taken the hit >> >> clay > > There are special epoxy kits offered for repairing fuel tanks etc. > I wonder if they would have a better chance of remaining sealed? > You could, after draining the oil and flushing the pan, grind off the > existing epoxy and then clean it good and apply a new epoxy patch. > That might be as good as any fix. > > RB > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
