Oil Pan Punctured

[jroot]

I just changed my oil today and noticed I had a dime size puncture in the oil pan that is probably half a dime size in depth.

Questions:

Does it need to be fixed? What's the harm in just leaving it (aside from if it gets hit in that exact spot again, might not be good)?

I'm capable of putting a new one on but I'm just wondering if it's necessary to go through the trouble.

Thanks,

Jay

[Chilled man]

kind of curious ..... why did you notice it there when you bought the car ?

considering its been there since the car was made :D

[Guest maxx999]

If it's punctured, wouldn't it be leaking or allow stuff to get in there?? or do you mean dented?

If it's not leaking and still intact then I would leave it and maybe get a Oil pan shield.

[jroot]

Well that would explain it...I had never noticed it till now and I happened to be doing my engine mount today and had to jack up the engine and used the oil pan (with a book between the pan and jack) and was paranoid I may have caused it

Glad to know that it's normal...

If it's punctured, wouldn't it be leaking or allow stuff to get in there?? or do you mean dented?

If it's not leaking and still intact then I would leave it and maybe get a Oil pan shield.

Yeah I ment dented sorry.

I tried to change the topic but couldn't find the edit button.

On another note...

What is wrong with the site, a lot of the forum posts I read have long blank CSS problems before getting to the next post in the thread, anyone else notice this? (I'm on IE7)