Found a Screw in the Oil Pan...

[ViperTony]

Doing my spring oil change today. When I pulled the drain plug I found a screw stuck to it. Looks like one of the windage tray screws or perhaps one of the screws used to attached the screen to the bottom of the pan/pickup. Will be pulling the pan shortly to see what's going on in there but are loose oil pan screws common on GenII's? Is thread locker on to use on these?

Thanks,
- Tony

 

[dave6666]

Looks more like a main bearing cap bolt out of an LS1!

 

[triplexotica]

Looks like you're screwed!

 

[VicTxV10]

Looks more like a main bearing cap bolt out of an LS1!

 

[Tom F&L GoR]

Muffler bearing adjustment screw. Good thing it was laying on it's side. If vertical, you screw up.

 

[dave6666]

4 replies so far Tony. Zero helpful.

Whoops.

5...





PS - Can't wait to see what's in the oil pan!!!

 

[JonB]

...... Looks like one of the windage tray screws or perhaps one of the screws used to attached the screen to the bottom of the pan/pickup. Will be pulling the pan shortly to see what's going on in there but---
are loose oil pan screws common on GenII's?
Is thread locker on to use on these?
Thanks,
- Tony

Yes

Yes

 

[2001 GTS]

You need to stop screwing around...

 

[bluesrt]

some screwball let it loose

 

[cayman]

Windage tray screw.

No but seriously

 

[ViperTony]

LOL...my wife just told me she always knew I had a screw loose. But she was also quick to say that in NO WAY would I use this finding to justify an NA engine build. She knew EXACTLY where that screw came from. Anyway, turns out 4 of these screws were loose (front/back) of windage tray:

Decided to unscrew them all and clean out the gunk at the bottom of the pan while I was in there. Found some model numbers and more graphiti:

This was an unexpected task as part of my "Spring Fling" below...luckily I did get one thing done on the list so far today:

Thanks for the laughs and tips! But one more related question/topic. I picked up a used oil pan some time ago. I can't determine which Viper model it fits and its noticeably different than my stock oil pan. Can anyone identify this?

 

[99 R/T 10]

That pan is for a 96-99 car. 8.5 quart oil pan.

 

[ViperTony]

Thanks Mike. I need to put that up in the classifieds soon.

 

[Martin]

Wow, at least that didn't get thrown around in the engine. Good thing the oil pickup has a screen on it. I'd freak out if I saw that stuck to my oil drain plug...

 

[Tom F&L GoR]

Wow, at least that didn't get thrown around in the engine. Good thing the oil pickup has a screen on it. I'd freak out if I saw that stuck to my oil drain plug...

Brace yourself for transmission work. The T56 drain does not have a magnet, but there are two, large, circular magnets in the bottom nestled in nice cast seats. When you see them they will look like dead, decayed mice because of all the hairy goo on them.

 

[Camfab]

I had loose screws in my pan as well. None had fallen out but were backing out at 15K miles.

 

[Dom426h]

That pan is for a 96-99 car. 8.5 quart oil pan.

Could someone explain the difference between the two ?
Does the 00-02 have a diff capacity?
Are they not interchangable?

 

[Dom426h]

adding oilpan maintenance to my list of stuff to do for Next winter... Thanks for the heads up Tony

Brace yourself for transmission work. The T56 drain does not have a magnet, but there are two, large, circular magnets in the bottom nestled in nice cast seats. When you see them they will look like dead, decayed mice because of all the hairy goo on them.

you paint a beautifull picture Tom
I cant wait to remove the cute cuddly mice from my trany!!!





Wait, i just checked and one of my mice popped out of his cast hole and was just chillin:

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[ViperTony]

adding oilpan maintenance to my list of stuff to do for Next winter... Thanks for the heads up Tony

I found this DIY helpful (http://forums.viperclub.org/illustrated-upgrades/604150-oil-pan-baffle-install.html) with regards to removing and installing the oil pan in my case. The gasket didn't budge from the block and the areas that had sealant applied (as denoted in that writeup) still had the sealant attached it was pliable. It was really easy to remove/install the pan. Be extra careful torquing the pan bolts...they strip easily. 95 inch pounds (not foot pounds ) on my '01.

 

[dave6666]

9,500 FOOT POUNDS?!?

Holy big wrench Tony!!!

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[viper spray]

Could someone explain the difference between the two ?
Does the 00-02 have a diff capacity?
Are they not interchangable?

yea , the early GTS pans were pourous and oil would seep thru the actual metal.
talk about looking for a leak........

 

[Black Mamba 47]

Looks like you're screwed!

Looks like were all screwed!!!!