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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 | My kids oil pan on his Blazer mysteriously got a puncture. Something to do with bombing through a puddle and hitting the submerged rock in the puddle. I used my deductive reasoning to figure this one out. Anyway, is there something I can patch the aluminum pan with that will hold for at least a while? If I replace the pan, I have to pull the engine!
Bruce | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,096 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,096 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | How big is the hole? If it's fairly small, drill it out and tap it for a tapered pipe plug- - - -lots more likely to seal than any sort of patching compound since it will be impossible to get the oil to stop dripping and keeping the epoxy from sticking. If it's a big hole use a scab patch of 1/4" aluminum plate, a piece of rubber gasket material, and a bunch of sheet metal screws, and be prepared for a few slow drips.
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 217 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 217 | I like Hotrod's cowboy fix idea! Years ago I had a old Starcraft boat that I fixed up for deep sea fishing off Calif. It had a Mercruiser "Iron Duke" 4 cyl engine. A hole rusted thru the bottom of the oil pan, and I fixed it with a patch of duct tape and a gob of JB weld. I let all the oil drain out of the pan for a week and then cleaned the area with acetone, and then applied the duct tape and JB. The tape held the epoxy in place till it cured. It worked great, and I caught many more Albacore and Yellowtail with that old Starcraft for many years., sometimes as far as 50 miles off shore..... | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | What year Blazer and what engine? Also, 2wd or 4x4? The S series 4x4 isn't too bad to pull the pan from, once you pull the front axle center section out, it's fairly clear to get to it.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,186 | It's a '98. Looks like a pain to get the pan off.
Bruce | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 140 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 140 | POR-15 makes an epoxy putty that will repair it. It's better than JB Weld. | | |
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