Hey Guys,
I was up at Texas World Speedway last Thursday and after my last session I noticed drops of oil leading into my garage area. I looked under the car and I had a large puddle of oil. The Canton oil pan was leaking at the rear weld seam. I taped it up and loaded it on the trailer and took it to Kenny Bumbera shop. He found that the back weld had been worn down due to scraping when the car bottomed out. Hmmm..The pan was not dented or bent, just the weld worn down and a leak developed at the seam.
Kenny drained the pan, plushed it out with solvent and welded it back up on the car. The only other way was to pull the engine and install a new pan..Not a lot of fun. He then build a skid plate and bolted in front and rear, so it could be removed if damaged. The rear of the Canton pan is about 1" lower than the cross member.
I was bottoming out the car going thru the transition zone from the front straight into turn one and again when I crossed the oval from the back part of the track. Hopefully, the skid plate will prevent future damage.
I though I would let everyone know that there is damage potential to the canton pan if you bottom out. It will scrape on the back of the pan prior to hitting anywhere else..hmmm
It could have been a lot worse if I had dumped all my oil out on the track. Everything is now fixed and the Cobra R is ready to rock and roll again...
:beer: :beer:
I was up at Texas World Speedway last Thursday and after my last session I noticed drops of oil leading into my garage area. I looked under the car and I had a large puddle of oil. The Canton oil pan was leaking at the rear weld seam. I taped it up and loaded it on the trailer and took it to Kenny Bumbera shop. He found that the back weld had been worn down due to scraping when the car bottomed out. Hmmm..The pan was not dented or bent, just the weld worn down and a leak developed at the seam.
Kenny drained the pan, plushed it out with solvent and welded it back up on the car. The only other way was to pull the engine and install a new pan..Not a lot of fun. He then build a skid plate and bolted in front and rear, so it could be removed if damaged. The rear of the Canton pan is about 1" lower than the cross member.
I was bottoming out the car going thru the transition zone from the front straight into turn one and again when I crossed the oval from the back part of the track. Hopefully, the skid plate will prevent future damage.
I though I would let everyone know that there is damage potential to the canton pan if you bottom out. It will scrape on the back of the pan prior to hitting anywhere else..hmmm
It could have been a lot worse if I had dumped all my oil out on the track. Everything is now fixed and the Cobra R is ready to rock and roll again...
:beer: :beer: