Busted an oil pan: Is the motor still good?

[416stroker]

My last m20 made it 5 miles with out an oil pan.. the crank wasnt even that bad

[Nic01101011]

I finally got a look underneath, and it's pretty nasty. It's not just a crack in the pan, the whole things ripped off and I can look up into the engine. :(

[Adrian_Visser]

when i ripped my pan off i drove for proly half a block then realized the oil pressure light was on and that noise was my lifters running dry. my oil pump pickup screen had metal chunks stuck in it and the pickup screen is pretty coarse so im sure some particles went through. anyway the moral of the story is that happened a year and a half ago and my engine is still kickin (with a new oil pan of course) so i wouldnt worry too much

[ETeurowerks]

Allot of times when you vent the crankcase (as with a hole in oil pan or oil cap left off) it will stumble. I'd replace the pan, change the filter & see how it does!

[sticksdaman]

engine is fine i wouldnt be concerned... swap the pan fill with oil and be on your way.

ive done far worse with no issues

[HST]

I'd go replace the pan etc. As mentioned above first. The sputtering could be caused by something else that happened in the wreck, like a vacuum leak or something.

[SpecM]

that sucks dude

when you have the oil pan off, check for bearing play and see if you did any big damage

[StereoInstaller1]

Very hard to say without a proper teardown.

I would replace pan, filter and oil (duh) and fire it up.

Either way, it is very likely you shortened the life dramatically, so plan on major repair/replacement soon.

[Nic01101011]

Hello,

Today I had a little accident and ended up busting the oil pan. I didn't realize the oil pan was broken immediately though, so I the car sat for about 30 seconds idling, and then I did a quick 3 point turn onto the side of the road. The oil didn't pour out, I could see from where I crashed to where I parked the car there was only a narrow trail of oil. It only puddled up after it had been sitting there for a few minutes(I didn't start the car again after this obviously). I turned the car off when I noticed the oil light and the engine making sputtering noises, is the engine toast?