oil pan baffle repair?

[turnofftheradio]

I'm looking for some input on how to repair the baffle inside of the oil pan (m20)

at one time it appears that the oil pan was killed and a patch welded. this is fine with me, since it doesnt leak and appears to be a good repair. actually, it seems to reinforce the pan better than origionally.

the problem is, when this happened, it must have snapped the 2 tabs that hold one side of the L shaped baffle on. the rivit that holds the other side is fine and holds the baffe down, but it bounces around a bit. makes me nervous.

I can't seem to find just the baffle available, so I need to fix it. rivits will not work, so bonding it was my next best idea. I'm just worried it won't hold, which is probably not even a big deal, but if it sets loose completely it could block the oil pump sump or hit some rods. Is there a bonging agent you would trust on aluminum soaked in oil?

[RobertK]

For the trouble you will have to go through to remove the pan I would try to snag another one cheap at a local salvage yard and replace it with that.

[turnofftheradio]

that's an option, they are fairly priced at my yard, but then I have to pull it off. mine is off and clean right now during the freshen.

[mikeedler]

have it welded back on too. isnt the baffle allu. too?

[RobertK]

have it welded back on too. isnt the baffle allu. too?

Yep

[AdamF 88iS]

Weld it or swap pans.