What the ???

[69CamaroRacer]

This is the source of my latest frustration... if you look close you will see the hair line crack.. Just above the drip. What in the world causes this... All I know is that I was cruising down the road when all of a sudden tons of smoke started pouring out from under the car. When I parked it I saw tons of oil pouring out of the pan and 2 days latter when it finally stopped dripping this is what I found....

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2006/06/Picture003-1.jpg

[Damn True]

Could be a couple things.

a) Bend radius is too tight.
b) The mfr got a lame batch of metal.

[69CamaroRacer]

It is definately a first for me... and Milodon when I called them

[indyjps]

youre either stuck pulling the engine and swapping the pan or drain the oil and weld it up. sucks though since you spent the $ on a nice pan, milodon will probably want it back to get a refund or replacement.

[Matt@RFR]

youre either stuck pulling the engine and swapping the pan or drain the oil and weld it up. sucks though since you spent the $ on a nice pan, milodon will probably want it back to get a refund or replacement. Do NOT weld on an oil pan if it has ANY oil in it. It WILL catch on fire.

[ZZ430]

I saw that once, the pickup was set too deep.

[BonzoHansen]

I saw that once, the pickup was set too deep.Did it hit/rub the pan?

[ZZ430]

Yeah, I should have said it bottomed on the pan.

[Matt@RFR]

Who built the motor? Or more accurately, who installed the pump and pan?