custom oil pan
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there is no low oil level on the mkii. its a low pressure light. you can see that yourself watching the gauge, now the 2nd gen mr2 turbo has a sensor in the pan to tell if the oil level is low. id use that instead if it were me.
IJ. said:
1J I remember reading somewhere that you had a couple of Group A oil pans kicking around, or was that someone else?..I just thought it would go nice with my Group A set up..lol..just a thought :love: lmk if you ever decide to sell one please..
Thanks Don.
LMAO! Hey if I had a spare I'd sell it for sure as they really need to be on a motor not a shelf! 
GrimJack said:The clearance is too much. One of the common mods is to extend the oil pickup .
I don't recall by exactly how much... and my spare block is disassembled.
i didnt actually extend mine, but bent it lower into the pan. i crushed the screen in a little, so i could get more clearance. all i did, was put a rag on the pan mating surface, and use a pry bar to very gently and smoothly bend the pickup upward, (motor was upside down, so actually bending it LOWER into the pan)
i used a washer or two to make the mount fit, and a longer bolt that i had lying around. i used a piece of silly putty to make sure the pickup wasnt too close to the pan floor.
(measuring how much it crushed, kindof like plastigauge for bearing clearances... )-shaeff
Shaeff: That's why I did the pic it's easy enough to measure the pan floor to rails and then bend the pickup to suit.
When I did the new pickup for the GrpA pan I extended it so the screen just touched the floor this way the screen tray is just sitting into the lower labyrinth.
i need one to know one more thing wow i really don't remmber it haven that much of gap that is crazy
but one more qestion how big around is the picup it's self has to be tiny bit smaller then the oil pans hole
but one more qestion how big around is the picup it's self has to be tiny bit smaller then the oil pans hole
The 2 numbers on the pic are from the rail to the plate and then from the rail to the screen NOT the gap to the pan!
Grab a pan tip it over lay a piece of steel across the rails then measure from the floor of the pan to the bottom of the steel.
Subtract this from 150mm and that's the gap.
I'll measure the screen flange a bit later when I go out to the shed.
Grab a pan tip it over lay a piece of steel across the rails then measure from the floor of the pan to the bottom of the steel.
Subtract this from 150mm and that's the gap.
I'll measure the screen flange a bit later when I go out to the shed.
Nash: The stock Pan floor is 152mm/6 inch from the rails.
The Screen flange is 90mm/3.5 inch diameter
The Screen flange is 90mm/3.5 inch diameter
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