He doesn't have that. Only the 2.5 common block cars got that. I would strongly suggest a crank scraper and/or windage tray be installed along with some sort of baffling in the oil pan. Some simple baffles are cheap/easy to make and install.
If you look at the top of the oil pan out of the car. You'll see the front portion curves around the oil pump pickup. I built my baffles to fit from the outermost corners to the opposite side of the pan. They aren't perfect (trap doors and getting them closer to the pickup would be better) but they are a damn site better than nothing. Pictures are available here: http://pnw-sdac.org/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Fab Good luck, Stefan -----Original Message----- From: Marc Medina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SD> worn in oil pickup YES! Stop what you're doing! Use a grinder and take off the plates that are welded into the oil pan. When they are off, you'll see all the gritty stuff caked behind where they were. I did that AFTER having my oil pan hot tanked (twice) when I rebuilt the engine in the Spirit, and still ended up with 1 and a half CUPS of crap I had scraped out of the pan. I tried the same thing with my oil pickup too, but there was still junk in it. Just go buy one at the dealer - I think it was about $30. Thanks, Marc Medina - www.marcmedina.com <---- now with Shelby Dodge stuff! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:28 AM Subject: SD> worn in oil pickup > Hi All > I got my new Shelby Lancer home Sunday so now its time to find the > KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK in the engine. I dropped the pan and guess what!!!! Bad rod bearings > #1 and #3 so as I was under there I was looking at the oil pickup and guess > what I found. A long worm of RTV in the pickup It came from sealing the oil > pan with to much RTV from the factory you can see where the bead fell off the > inside of the pan. I guess it starved the engine of oil and fried the > bearings. I replaced all 4 bearings. Then I removed the oil pickup and sprayed it > with cleaner and you would not believe how much stuff came out!!!!!! Most of it > looked like bearing tinfoil and more RTV worms. The pan is going back on this > evening and filled with Mobil 1and new filter. Cross my fingers, knock on > wood that's all that's wrong. Anything I should do or check before I put the > pan back on? > > > > Roy > 86 GLHS #200 > 87 Shelby Lancer #781 5sp cloth > 81 Fiat Spider LE #501 > 81 Fiat X1/9 > > -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------- -- ---- > Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ > > To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------- ------ Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
