Pineapple racing oil pan
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Pineapple racing oil pan
Hi all , If any of you intend to use one of these pans in your build like I did , make sure and check it for leaks BEFORE installation ! I found out the hard way that their casting process is flawed ! I have identified two leaks ! once the sump is filled up oil streams from under the car even if the motor isnt running or if its just parked (for days sometimes) . Now I have to drop the cross member to pull it for repairs.
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Yes I used silicone and the o ring , but the oil is actually seeping through the wall at the two points . It cannot be fixed on the car it has to be removed . It would be a great product though if the QC was better.
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We had a customer's pan leak from the back middle portion of the pan wall. Not sure where it was sourced from, Pineapple/Groundzero/Xcessive. Seemed to be a porous casting...... this was back in 2006. Personally the lack of an oil level sending unit makes the unit undesirable to me for a street car. My FD is modded pretty damn heavily and still rockin' the oem oil pan. No leaks either
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We had a customer's pan leak from the back middle portion of the pan wall. Not sure where it was sourced from, Pineapple/Groundzero/Xcessive. Seemed to be a porous casting...... this was back in 2006. Personally the lack of an oil level sending unit makes the unit undesirable to me for a street car. My FD is modded pretty damn heavily and still rockin' the oem oil pan. No leaks either
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Are there midgets under your FD pressing on the bottom of the pan ?
On a serious note, you could always pick up a new oem oil pan if yours is damaged. They're not very much, relatively speaking anyway.
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Either way I will have to drop the front cross member to remove the oil pan , I'll just have the leaks repaired (welded) and replace the pan.
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It's not a crack , it looks like it was a bubble .Seems like when the aluminum was poured there were bubbles in there that remained there until the aluminum cooled and herdened in the mold.This would then leave a spece for the oil to pass through. The repair for this is to gouge out the space and have it refilled with TIG aluminum welding. If it were a crack the repair procedure would be the same.
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I've been using this pan for about 35k miles here in NYC and I've never had any leaks or problems with this pan or the LIM that they sell, just my 2 cents.
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Had another oil leak , this time it's one of my MOCAL 25 row oil coolers ! there really is no substitute for the OEM stuff when it comes to reliability!
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True about the vacuum hoses but in Mazda's defense, I guess they never factored the engine running so hot and prematurely deteriorating the hoses so fast. I know Mazda had some service bulletins and completley replaced vacuum hoses in several vehicles under warranty. Mine was one of them. I never had vacuum problems when I bought mine. But anyways, since were talking oil system, the OEM oil system is nearly bullet proof.
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We had a customer's pan leak from the back middle portion of the pan wall. Not sure where it was sourced from, Pineapple/Groundzero/Xcessive. Seemed to be a porous casting...... this was back in 2006. Personally the lack of an oil level sending unit makes the unit undesirable to me for a street car. My FD is modded pretty damn heavily and still rockin' the oem oil pan. No leaks either
http://www.xcessivemanufacturing.com...l?pid=8&step=2
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I had my pineapple pan installed four years ago and tried several different options to create a better seal after discovering a crack straight from factory, eventually I ended up just going back to stock