Broken oil pan roll call

[LivingLegend06]

I have seen quite a few broken oil pan threads scattered around. If you have broken one put your story here and post pictures if you have them.

The reason I'm making this thread is because I just went low on my ground controls a few weeks ago and Ive already hit my pan parking in my friends driveway, I actually parked with it sitting on the ground. I'm sure that it's just a matter of time before it happens to me, I'm just being careful and waiting for the day.

[speedhop]

3 times

skid plate saves my ass daily...do yourself a favor and invest :)

[parkerbink]

3x First in L.A. on a dip. Second in Mexico on a speed bump third in Mexico also speed bump. Now I have a Landcruiser and have several feet of clearance.

The first one cost me almost 800.00 using a new after market pan second two in Mexico were about 550.00 & 200.00 respectively. The first one I had to buy a new oil pan from BMW it was almost 400.00 & 150.00 labor, third I had the one I broke prior welded and r&r'd.

[LivingLegend06]

Any m42 skid plate recommendations?

[Erick]

Once here.

[JasonC]

Only cracked one, and it was cracked when i got it. I just made the crack bigger by going to fast on a back country road.

[stevofthahill]

Any m42 skid plate recommendations?

check out the 666fab one. And fantastic m42's have their oil pans at the lowest point of the car. Amazing design...

[MR 325]

I broke mine once, hit a rock! I have a 666 skidplate on there now.

[Firestorm]

Never! And my new pan is only 2" or so deep, so there's not much chance of a smashed sump there either !

[fritzintn]

I broke mine last week, just one week into ownership :(.

I came out of a parking lot and cracked it on dip between the parking lot and the roadway used for rain drainage. Good times.

[jtb_29]

Just once here.

[DoriftuEvo]

Once on my first car. '87 325 stock ride height. Not sure where it happened, but there were 6 quarts of oil on my driveway one day before work.

[ebelements]

Not my first pan casualty, but my first with the e30.

Best first date ever.

[mattdk318i]

3 times for me. Ive got 2 documented on R3V. The third was the last nail in the coffin.
She shattered it into 46 pieces, Including the upper pan and powersteering brackets (m42@ 60mph into curb)
Lesson learned? Never let a female drive your low car even if you love them.

[eurotrash]

still drivin on my cracked pan. got 3 or 4 seperate spots in it and just waitin for it to completely die. no time to swap it.