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kazoocruiser · 01-03-2019, 08:27 PM

My opinion is that you buy an aluminum pan for the better heat dissipation if you can, and throw away that one.

I thought about it, and maybe that bowed out part is where you put the bolts into first, to pull the bowing out of the pan, to kind of help seal it.

01-03-2019, 08:27 PM	#2
kazoocruiser Registered User Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 215	Re: Oil Pan Question - how straight is enough? My opinion is that you buy an aluminum pan for the better heat dissipation if you can, and throw away that one. I thought about it, and maybe that bowed out part is where you put the bolts into first, to pull the bowing out of the pan, to kind of help seal it. Last edited by kazoocruiser; 01-03-2019 at 08:31 PM. Reason: Asking why an oil pan is bowed.