Oil Pan Rot

[diesel firefighter]

Well so I have hurd that the 7.3 was notorious for oil pan rot but i didnt think that it was so involved. I wish they had a better way to change the pan other than removing the engine. Stupid design huh?

[ianstew]

i think some here have used POR 15 (i think) to give a little longer life to a rotted pan, if it isn't rotted all the way thru........

God bless ford engineers, cuz lots of us have cursed them many times.......

[diesel firefighter]

POR 15 doesent really work mine leaks like crazy the guy i got it from put por on it and it didnt do anything it peals off in sheets

[nccatfan]

Along as the gasket is ok, I can see myself doing whatever I could to keep from pulling the engine!

[diesel firefighter]

mine is strarting to leak from the gasket to but not to to bad so we will see what happens

[nccatfan]

Wonder if a "partial pull" would make enough clearance to get a gasket in there? Just disconnect enough to raise the engine a few inches? That's still a lot of work, but less than taking it all the way out!!

[diesel firefighter]

thats true but what was comming out by the gasket was thin so it hard to say how bad it was leaking from there

[Tyler]

You can't just pull it halfway.. in order to pull it halfway you gotta prepare it to be pulled all the way... so just pull it all the way out.

[01excursion7.3]

Yeah, Mines coming out in a few months for the pan. But hey, we'll be doing a few other things while she's out too, so no biggie. LOL

[robertwhite]

Originally Posted by diesel firefighter

POR 15 doesent really work mine leaks like crazy the guy i got it from put por on it and it didnt do anything it peals off in sheets

That is not from the POR-15 not working, that is from poor prep. Guy must not have cleaned the oil and/or grease before applying it.

I just put it on my pan which was pitted, but not totally shot. Wire brush, make sure it is super clean, slap some POR-15 on it. Will I eventually have to change the pan? Probably, but not for quite a while. I have used POR-15 many times in the past for various needs and I can assure you that the stuff is as hard as a rock and adheres very well when done properly.