something hitting in the oil pan, was Re: UPDATE: Towing an automatic

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Well, you REALLY need to pull the pan and find out what's making
> the noise!

I'm assuming the obvious was checked -- is there a dent in the
pan?  Clearances are tight in a few spots in a lot of motors, it
could be a dent pushed metal up to a rod stud, etc.

If it's a smooth dent, you could probably grind the pan rough,
epoxy a plate to it with a tapped hole, as a dent-puller and get a
few .01's better clearance.