Welding Oil Pan to Block

[nickferguson08]

Ok so I have rebuilt my engine and I have an oil leak. The problem seems to be around the oil pan. driving normal not a bad leak; boosting a little (10psi) i pull into my driveway a second later and oil has blasted out of the pan on the firewall and on the ground. the pan is not perfectly flat on the flange but not too bent. 500 miles on the motor almost and the UV dye seems to be comming out of the oil pan allll around.... would it be a bad Idea to weld the oil pan to the block if I plan not to take it apart again?

 

[99gst_racer]

Never weld your oil pan to your block. It then becomes non-servicable at that point and a non-servicable engine is an oversized paperweight.

Rather than create a larger problem down the road, you should focus on the best solution to your problem. Replace the pan with a know non-bent pan, use RTV silicon to seal it up, and you'll be just fine.


I'm locking this because it's been answered 20 times in this thread alone. And because this is a silly topic to begin with.