Hi guys, my first post here. Last night I changed the oil on my '92 Civic and forgot to remove one of the jackstands out from under it. (lowered it, but left it under there) Today when I got to back the car out of the garage, crunch. I shut it down immediately and jacked the car back up. Good news is it didn't puncture the pan, but it did dent it pretty good on the back driver's side corner. Is the oil pump pickup anywhere near this area? I'm hoping not...
Thanks for any help,
Here are some pics
Ben






Sorry about that


Modified by NCsuslow5.0 at 2:42 PM 2/28/2005

 

can you resize those. Its hurting my eyes looking at it.

 

No it is not near your pickup. Pickup is in the center of the pan. Why was a jack stand under your pan in the first place?

 

If it was just a single cam motor then just leave it ...you wont notice anything.
But a DOHC you might need a new pan.

 

It is the 16valve.

jdmitr- Stand was still under the car bc I got distracted last night and forgot to pull the second one all the way out from under the car. Then today I backed down off the ramps and came down on it. (I don't trust plastic ramps, so i use stands too)

 

That is an ugly dent, but it's on the bottom of the car so you don't have to worry about anyone seeing it so maybe you can leave it for a while. Do you know how to change the oil pan I also have to change mine want to know how hard it is to do?

 

As long as it isn't leaking it will be fine. Changing the pan isn't hard either. Just remove the exhaust manifold, drain oil, remove pan, put new gasket on and put new pan on.

 

ya sucks but that u know it's dented but ur ok hehe for us lowered guys it happends alot

 

oil pans were made to be dented, i wouldnt worry about it too much. Around here the roads are so shitty if you're lowered you will get an insane amount dents in your oil pan/headers.