Yeah, not only are oil pans often very difficult to access/remove on most vehicles(some vehicles maybe not) but, you risk developing leaks and more trouble than you bargined for.
Should the pan gasket leak after you just poured in nice clean oil, you'll have to drain the oil and remove the pan again to fix the leak. I guess this is why some folks like to run a FLUSH between OCI's.
Winter salt is the reason that I got rid of most of my vehicles as it attacks the undercarrage in areas we can't often clean/maintain, spray or protect enough! I've only been able to keep my vehilces up to 18 years when driven daily winter/summer.
Then, the vehicle started to fall apart or started to crack in an important structural area and too many of the lines(brake, P/S, P-Brake cable etc.) had rusted causing more grief than not.
Also, many of our old DD vehicles started to develope electrical gremlins afterward which were too difficult to track down IMHO!
These days, I want to start looking for another vehicle while I still have some equity in the ones that we're driving before they turn to rubbish.
Should the pan gasket leak after you just poured in nice clean oil, you'll have to drain the oil and remove the pan again to fix the leak. I guess this is why some folks like to run a FLUSH between OCI's.
Winter salt is the reason that I got rid of most of my vehicles as it attacks the undercarrage in areas we can't often clean/maintain, spray or protect enough! I've only been able to keep my vehilces up to 18 years when driven daily winter/summer.
Then, the vehicle started to fall apart or started to crack in an important structural area and too many of the lines(brake, P/S, P-Brake cable etc.) had rusted causing more grief than not.
Also, many of our old DD vehicles started to develope electrical gremlins afterward which were too difficult to track down IMHO!
These days, I want to start looking for another vehicle while I still have some equity in the ones that we're driving before they turn to rubbish.