66F100Again
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- Bill
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Changed the oil and filter today at 1000 miles.
In the area of the oil pan drain, there's a sheet-metal bracket bolted to the cross member which supports the rear of the air deflector / engine noise sound-deadener panel. I ASSUMED the bracket was designed so that oil draining from the pan would not hit it.
WRONG.
Initially, the oil did clear the bracket as it drained, but half way through, as the stream slowed down, it started hitting the bracket and wormed its way into and around the bracket, filling between the bracket and the cross member and dripping out at one end (see the left side of the photo below...while oil drain is on the right side of photo).
Has anyone found a way to avoid this?
And by the way, does anyone know what those unused "spring-nut" brackets are for?
In the area of the oil pan drain, there's a sheet-metal bracket bolted to the cross member which supports the rear of the air deflector / engine noise sound-deadener panel. I ASSUMED the bracket was designed so that oil draining from the pan would not hit it.
WRONG.
Initially, the oil did clear the bracket as it drained, but half way through, as the stream slowed down, it started hitting the bracket and wormed its way into and around the bracket, filling between the bracket and the cross member and dripping out at one end (see the left side of the photo below...while oil drain is on the right side of photo).
Has anyone found a way to avoid this?
And by the way, does anyone know what those unused "spring-nut" brackets are for?
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