Oil pan coating

[untouchablecc]

I had a engine done at a shop last year and the machinist decided to clean up my oil pan well what ever the genius used stripped the coating off it to keep it from rusting. I tried used some 500 degree engine paint which worked for a while but bottom line i wanted to know if anyone had an idea on a better coating. Ive never had any powder coating done an so i dunno if something like that would be strong enough to withstand rocks an chips for a long time or what.

 

[GSXSixteenG]

Maybe something like the underbody coating would work. I'm curious about this also because the paint on my oil pan is flaking off also.

 

[Bud92gsx]

Could use either undercoating or bed liner..

 

[ScreamSalvation]

From my understanding powder coating is pretty durable. You can always check with the guys at jnz finishing (jnz tuning's powder coating service). I am planning to send them a new oil pan (whenever it arrives), my valve cover, and a couple other items to get powder coated.

Could ask them if them how the oil pans are holding up, they are really quick to respond (asked about some colors and they let me know in a matter of hours).

 

[RyAn007]

Well in reality the coating on the oil pan is going to have to withstand a large amount of abuse by many things, and if you think about where it is located it would be considered underbody. So basically what I am tryingto say is coat it with underbody coating if you want it to last, but if you want it to look really good go with a powdercoating, but it would be a waste of money ifyou drive your car frequently.

 

[woooop]

Just powdercoat it it will withstand the heat

 

[beyondspexj]

I agree with using underbody coating or the bedliner coating. atleast either one of those will withstand all the rock and road debris that will come in contact with the pan.

 

[RyAn007]

In response to Woop, its not the heat he will be worrying about due to the fact that the oil pan doesnt get to hot in the first place due to the exposure and such, so really the biggest problem would be debris nad the ground.

 

[untouchablecc]

Thanks a lot guys really good insight. Ill undercoat it cause i work at advance auto part time an can get that stuff for nothing, its worth a shot at that cost. Thanks for the replys.

 

[dave99gst]

Ya can always just buy a new one - they really dont cost that much.
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