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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ProKiller" data-source="post: 1169301" data-attributes="member: 8095">I've been dealing with apparently a hydra of oil leaks here.  First it was the oil pan that was leaking at the weld (DSS oil pan).  At the time i needed to just get it operational again so i threw some gas tank patch on there.  Held for over a year now without problems.  blew out the back of the lower intake twice because of the new catch can setup i did was too small and not venting the crank case properly.  Ended up blowing out the rear main as well because of this issue.  That is now fixed and also fixed the crank case pressure issue by putting a breather setup back on the car.  Come to find out that the oil pan is leaking again.  The patch isn't holding now.  So my options are dropping the K-member and throwing a new pan in there.  Or the cheap way out is to take the car to have the pan welded with it still installed on the car.  Anyone ever do that?  I realize people weld subframes in all the time, but this is a little more serious.  Also keep in mind the pan is aluminum.</blockquote>