last night i hit a pothole and my oil started leaking on the freeway, eventually it all leaked out and my car stalled. I tried adding more oil but it just came right back out from the oil pan. now my question... could that have cracked my oil pan? or is it something less serious than that. please help

 

Jack the car up and see where its coming from. Its likely your oil pan, and hopefully you didnt seize the pistons or worse.

 

ya thats bad, your motor might be fucked now, but as said jack it up ibet the oil pan is either cracked real bad or seperated from the block a little

 

Well first off, don't turn the car on at all. Secondly, jack up the car and see if you notice a crack. If it's not cracked, check around the gasket and see if it's still leaking there. If it is crack, it's a pretty easy job to do.

Buy a new oil pan and gasket, install. It's as easy as it looks, remove the bottom peice of the header, remove the oil pan bolts, bolt the new one on, with the gasket, reattach, add oil. Done.

 

you also need to remove the flywheel cover to get to some of the bolts.

 

Oh yeah, that's right. I forgot about that part.

 

yea theres a huge crack down the middle... now about my motor being seized... i noticed a small amout of smoke comming out of the head... could it be serious? it wasnt a large amount or anything.

 

Modified by CardDealer at 5:00 PM 11/16/2006

 

is it that serious? so i cant just buy a new oil pan and call it a day?

 

Well, only way to tell really is to put oil in it and try starting it up. Most likely your engine is garbage though and you will need to replace at least the block/lower end.

 

If i were you i would try the oil pan first, its cheaper than swapping the motor.

 

Modified by CardDealer at 5:00 PM 11/16/2006