GTSilver944

So there are these mystery scrapes inside my oil pan near the oil pickup. When I saw them, I assumed that the pickup must have been loose, but it isn't - the pickup isn't budging. Any ideas?

V2Rocket

those are the remnants of your childhood dreams ruined by the costs of 944 ownership

KuHL 951

Looks like marks from someone trying to install the oil pan when the engine is still in the car after a bearing job. It is not the easiest thing to fit up on first try laying on your back. Then again, maybe your pan was used as a rock tumbler?

GTSilver944

Huh. They're fairly deep. You'd really have to be an gorilla to make such impressive scrapes when installing...

quite true

GTSilver944

Answer is: 4" angle grinder to make clearance for the pickup. I wonder who did it. This is the first time the oil pan has been off to my knowledge...

KuHL 951

I think why is more accurate. Trust me the pan has been off before at some point in it's life. Maybe a PO figured a grinder was a good way to clean the pan after a RB failure. If all Porsche castings fit that bad we wouldn't have enough 944's left for a forum.

944Ross

Someone jacking on the oil pan? with a jack that had a small pad?