ok i need to replace my oil pan in my 96 plymouth neon sohc and there is one that says oem specs??And then there is one that doesnt have oem specs but the one that doesnt have specs is cheaper but why does the oil pan have to have specs?

 

Non-oem might be bigger or smaller in capacity. Where are you looking at?

 

i was looking at autozone and Advanced Auto

 

My question is what did you do to your oilpan?

 

i bought the car and it was leaking oil come to find out the oil pan gasket was bad and the oil pan itself rotted out first time i ever saw something like this but i seen a piece of something looked like a big glob of grease so i pushed it with my finger and yah a big chunk of the oil pan fell out and it started leaking oil pretty bad so i was like you got to be kidding me so i guess first time for everything

 

if you got a local pull-a-part, i would go there and get you one for $5 or so...other than that...the one that doesn't say OEM might not have the same capacity. that's about it.

 

New or used, up to you... If you buy a new one, as long as it bolts up correctly it will just be a slight difference between capacitys. Half a quart tops.

I'd paint the new oil pan before installing it, to prevent it from rusting again.

~Nate

 

usually capacitys are almost identical, not even half a quart, maybe a quarter of a quart MAX, along with some of the renforcing groves in the pan may be different due to the molds being different.... u can go to advance and be fine.... i have sold them for years, and never had problems with any of them... (now i sell gm parts, hmmmm) lol

 

i dont have one of those around here (pull apart) but iight ill go with a oem one and lol you got any parts for a 82' z28 lol..?

 

www.car-part.com

Your friend indeed...

~Nate