How to keep the oil pan out of harms way.
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I found the stock mounts on tunershop for 15 bucks or something like that for the stock replacements. How many are there for the m20 motor?
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The tires are around 1 inch in diameter smaller in the front. Which means it would lower the car 1/2 inch in the front more than normal, so about a whole finger. Making it 3-4 finger gap on properly sized tires.
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I just ran out and checked my mounts. There is absolutely no cracking, they look relatively new, but I am not 100 percent sure what a bad motor mount would look like. The sides of the rubber are not straight , they are bowed out and slightly rounded. Is that a sign that they need replacing?
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If your car is that low, a skid plate would not solve your problem.Comment
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Hey man I remember how low your front end is and yea a skid plate will protect the pan and only sacrifice 3/4 in or so of clearance depending on how far you space it down as you use washers stacked to set the distance from the pan. I love my skid plate but I also raised my car up because my car with skid plate at first was just too low to be practical around here.
Another option is a custom oil pan. If your interested in that route Bimmerbuddies could modify a stock one for you.Shawn @ Bimmerbuddies
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How so? I do not hit my oil pan at high speeds or drive like a dick, its just because the small bump on the bottom where the drain plug goes in is worn down and once in a while I hit the drain plug, and because the bump where a washer would seal up against the pan is worn down this causes me to have to replace the drain plug, and it ends up being 2 or 3 times per oil change. I just want the reassurance that I wont have to keep replacing drain plugs or the odd chance that I hit it anywhere else.
Hey man I remember how low your front end is and yea a skid plate will protect the pan and only sacrifice 3/4 in or so of clearance depending on how far you space it down as you use washers stacked to set the distance from the pan. I love my skid plate but I also raised my car up because my car with skid plate at first was just too low to be practical around here.
Another option is a custom oil pan. If your interested in that route Bimmerbuddies could modify a stock one for you.
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I just ran out and checked my mounts. There is absolutely no cracking, they look relatively new, but I am not 100 percent sure what a bad motor mount would look like. The sides of the rubber are not straight , they are bowed out and slightly rounded. Is that a sign that they need replacing?
Even with 15s and rubberband tires, I have seen e30s with more than the distance from pan to ground than you're claiming.
Take a good look at the mounts and report back with your findings. This thread will help other people as well.
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Like I said previously, they may LOOK fine but you will need to do a manual check not just visual. Put a block of wood on a jack and jack the motor up from the pan. After you've gotten a few pumps out of the jack to lift the motor, THEN check the mounts. My guess is your motor will lift away from the subframe either with the mount attached or the top piece of the mount connected to the motor mount arm.
Even with 15s and rubberband tires, I have seen e30s with more than the distance from pan to ground than you're claiming.
Take a good look at the mounts and report back with your findings. This thread will help other people as well.
Taylor
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I will try and get that done sometime this week. Its usually atleast a 2 man job to just jack the car off the ground even with a low pro jack. I will report back tomorrow and try and get pictures of both the motor mounts and the clearance of the oil pan. Is there a mount at the rear of the engine, or is it just the 2 on the side?Shawn @ Bimmerbuddies
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By running the car that low (two fingers off the ground from the pan), new engine mount and skid plate is going to help, but not that much. You are fighting the laws of physics.Comment
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