Shoot the bull thread

[RMGeorge]

My wife's Kia Rondo has started dripping a little oil on the driveway. We stopped by our quick oil change place today and they said it was coming from the oil pan gasket. When we got home I googled "replacing oil pan gasket" on her make and model. Step one was to remove the engine from the car and place on engine stand. Now I'm googling "drip pans"!

["G"]

Thats the way you got to do it on these front wheel drive cars.....no room to remove the oil pan with engine in the car.

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[RMGeorge]

Thats the way you got to do it on these front wheel drive cars.....no room to remove the oil pan with engine in the car.

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Ain't gonna' happen...not to save a nickel's worth of oil.

[SeaRay]

My car drips about 3 drops each time I park it. I made a drip pan from a piece of scrap plywood using some 1X2 strips around the sides. Then I cut a piece of plastic from a large garbage bag and lined the pan with it. Then I poured a bag of cheap kitty litter on top of the plastic and it worked like a charm.I replaced my oil pan gasket and had the 2nd timing belt replaced at the 200,000 mile mark but I still had a small leak.
You might try a can of Lucas oil stop leak. You use it in place of a qt. of oil next change. It will not harm the engine and it softens hardened rubber gaskets. The instructions tell you it won't fix a tear or split in a gasket but if it has hardened it will soften it and possibly reseal the leak. It is not a filler like radiator stop leak so it won't gum up your crankcase.
I bought a bottle of it and asked my service man to put it in and he said they use it quite often.
Worth a shot, cost about $10 for the bottle. Still waiting to see if it fixes mine. Have to drive it a while for it to do it's magic.
Mine is front wheel drive but it is a larger SUV so no problem pulling the pan. It has been a hoss of a car. 14 years old, 200K miles and only part to fail was the power steering pump at around 150K miles.

[prefers shiners]

It has been a hoss of a car. 14 years old, 200K miles and only part to fail was the power steering pump at around 150K miles.

Great.....keep up with the maintenance and they serve you well.....

[Tracker123]

Speaking of hoss machines, I have an Dodge Power Ram P/U. 1986 3/4 ton, 4wd, 4 speed manual with a 360 in it. It's a tank for sure. Don't drive it much because it gets about 6 mpg. I really got spoiled starting about five years ago driving around town with an automatic transmission truck I have now. Never have drove an automatic transmission before that point.

[shadow]

Speaking of hoss machines, I have an Dodge Power Ram P/U. 1986 3/4 ton, 4wd, 4 speed manual with a 360 in it. It's a tank for sure. Don't drive it much because it gets about 6 mpg. I really got spoiled starting about five years ago driving around town with an automatic transmission truck I have now. Never have drove an automatic transmission before that point.

My buddy in high school had one just like that. I remember it well! It was missing the mirror on the drivers side b/c his dad had parked to close to the rail road tracks! That thing was a beast!

["G"]

I bet it has 4.11 differential gears in it too

[Tracker123]

Don't you know my friend. First gear I don't even use unless pulling a heavy trailer, otherwise you go about six feet before shifting into second. The floor gear shift is about 3' long, very wide strokes when shifting gears. My kids learned how to drive in that truck.

Meanwhile, the humidity is extreme right now here. So thick, water is dripping off the trees. You could cut the air with a knife, unbelievable. The bull frogs in the back and along the river aren't even talking about it.

[Tracker123]

I saw at Rouses in Lafayette they had rattle snake meat for sale. Get this - $24/pound. Small package, unbelievable.

I recall in West Texas during the early Spring when it was hot during the day and cold at night. The big diamond backs would lay on the blacktop after the sun went down to keep warm. Big ones too, 5-6 foot long and a good 3-4 inches in diameter. Yours truly was collecting those. Taste just like gator.