I’m looking for some information from those of you who have experience with the Poston cast aluminum non-girdled oil pan. Namely, 1 - Do you have any idea if you’ve had to deal with any more or less oil leak problems (block-to-pan, rear main seal-to-pan and timing chain cover-to-pan) than you would expect from, say… a new steel pan or the Stef’s aluminum pan that PAE (Jim Burek) installs on some of his engines? 2 - Is this the version of the Poston pan that, according to some recent discussions on this web site, requires a certain amount of rework to resolve “oil return issues”? Or is that the Poston girdled pan? Thanks in advance,
I have that exact pan on my motor and I haven't had an ounce of problems with it. It does seep in the back a little, but most aftermarket pans do. You just have to continually go over all the bolts and make sure they stay tight. I thinks its probably one of the better Poston products.
Dan, i have one too. No real problems to speak of. Like Dominic, i had a slight amount of seepage at the back of pan where the removable sump bolts to main body of pan. This only happens when i race for a whole weekend but doesn't seep enough to hit the ground. Randy
Oil Pan Excuse me here. I was wondering if the oil pan in question is, what looks like a two piece pan? The one I've seen is Aluminum (photos only)and it looks like the sump (lower portion) is bolted to the upper half? thanks for any information. Dan
DAN (mdapperdan) - Yup, that's the one. EVERYONE - Thanks for your responses. That's exactly the information I was looking for.
