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Old 01-03-2019, 08:33 PM   #3
Praxiss454
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Re: Oil Pan Question - how straight is enough?

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Originally Posted by kazoocruiser View Post
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.
I do believe you are supposed to fasten from the middle outward, which would have that effect. But I don't know if they are supposed to be flat or bowed.

Regarding the "throw this one away" thing, if you can find me a repop pan for a Chevy 230 linear 6 truck, I might just do that. But in all my searching, they do not exist.
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