Canton Oil Pan Corrosion??

[mdross1]

Have any of these Canton pans rusted through?

[CBattaglia]

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And it is a carcinogen.

$hit I feel like I should be calling Hazmat!! I was about to take a scouring pad and scuff it off this weekend. Im glad you guys pointed out that it is dangerous. I would have been breathing that stuff in the whole time without a clue...

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by mdross1

Have any of these Canton pans rusted through?

I doubt you'll ever see one of these pans rust thru......Mine had some minor surface rust where the plating was scratched or worn off, that's all... It's on a road race car and sees severe use and a lot of "sand blasting" on track from dust/sand/debris on the track.....

David

[DAVID GAGNARD]

BTW: I'm looking for a front sump Canton road race pan for a 302, don't need the pickup, have one,but I do need a pan........

Anyone got one laying around not using it and wanna get rid of it, please let me know before I order a new one.............

Thanks;

David

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD

I doubt you'll ever see one of these pans rust thru......

Of course it could always rust out from the inside....

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Of course it could always rust out from the inside....

Maybe, but I doubt it, the owner would have to run salt water instead of engine oil and I doubt the motor would last long enough to rust out the pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:3DSMI LE:

David

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD

Maybe, but I doubt it, the owner would have to run salt water instead of engine oil and I doubt the motor would last long enough to rust out the pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:3DSMI LE:

Seriously though, RAO-3 asked for some shots of my block on another thread and I set up a page for him this morning that has about 30 shots of my block and a lot of them have the oil pan in them. Now mind you my car has never even seen winter time driving (I keep it tucked away snuggly from Thanksgiving to Easter). My Canton pan has a lot of the crap on it that you all describe. You can peruse the shots here: http://208.255.159.239/428block/index.html

[mdross1]

Not to rain on anybody's parade,but oil pans do rust through.Personally have played around with cars all my adult life,it happenes especially in the Northern hemisphere with condensation and from the inside out.This corrosion on the Canton pans is what concerns me.My Cobra sat for almost 5 yrs and that was one of the first things I noticed.I wiped mine down with WD-40 just to see what I could see.It appeared to be just an anodizing issue.Thanks for the help.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by mdross1

... oil pans do rust through... especially in the Northern hemisphere with condensation and from the inside out.

See David? I was right. I think you should pull your oil pan today, wipe it out, and inspect the inside for signs of rust. Report back to us on that. We'll be checking our emails while we're at the BBQ, but we'll be thinking about you.