So the big question: is the oil pan gasket manufactured anymore?  If not,
are you all buying gasket material and xacto knifing your own?

-dm

On Nov 2, 2012, at 18:38, Frank Lee <techedteacher@gmail.com> wrote:

Wow, Very rare I think.

Last fall I had my 1.6 na leaky oil pan heli-arc welded and filed back into
shape. (i think..  such welding is way above my pay grade)
It worked.  Pan does not leak.

Another option. ~~ Ask on Samba. WANTED Classified.  Look for someone who
has upgraded 82' diesel  to a 1.9 TDI. May have the prior 1.6 NA.

Frank

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Dana Mueller <dmueller@wack.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the oil suggestions. Went to wipe down the drain plug area
> and clean off the pan when I noticed spot weld or whatever you call
> that stuff you can put on and it hardens. The only problem is when
> putting the drain plug pack in, that weakened and now I have one hell
> of a niagra falls happening.
>
> Backstory, purchased the vehicle and had it shipped from SC to WA
> because the westie was in good shape. Got it from some friends and
> reviewed the maintenance records, including calling the shop that
> rebuilt the engine. No one mentioned the cracked plan near the drain
> plug.
>
> This leads to my question-anyone have an oil pan for a 1982 VW diesel 1.6?
>
> -dm
>