[MrFowl]

So... I just went to do my first oil change after buying my car (2003 WRX wagon,150k ...not really "new"). Anyways, I found a nice surprise attached to the oil pan...

(These aren't my actual plug, but much better pictures I found on the web)

So my drain plug is stripped. I think I'm going to need a new oil pan. I was wondering if anyone knows of an oil pan that has a built in temp sensor? Or one with two drains? I'm going to put a fumoto plug in, but I would also like to hook up the temp gage I have sitting around too.

Anyone have any ideas? And would now be a good time to do the up/down pipe too? Or are there any upgrades/maintenance I can do while I have the oil pan off?

And so he said, "Go forth with greasy hands and fixith thy bugeye."

...and it was attemptedeth.

 

[MrFowl]

Well you should check over the oil pick up tube...//...If the uppipe is not already catless it then would be a good idea to do the uppipe.

Will definitely check the oil pick up. And my uppipe is still catted so I guess I'll do that now too ...may as well do the downpipe as well though.

Maybe I should just do an EJ257 swap too, and drop in a six speed, and grab a bigger turbo.... Haha If only my wallet could keep up.

 

[MrFowl]

That oil pan looks interesting though, seems to be aftermarket.

Oh.. that's a picture I found on the web. Not actually mine. My pictures didn't show it very well so I opted to use a different picture. Mine is below:

 

[MrFowl]

I'd either retap the original pan for the next size up and get a Fumoto, or replace the pan entirely -- at that point, I'd consider what the pickup tube looks like too and probably swap that too -- and even then I'd still fit a Fumoto.

Yep. This was my plan exactly. Because my car is older, I've decided whenever I find something wrong, I'm going to replace it if possible. That way I know it'll keep working for a long time.

 

[MrFowl]

Ah I see, I thought you meant only the bottom picture was from the web. I was gonna say it looked like the pan was out of a VW lol

Haha damn... You've got your oil pans memorized. Thats from a VW van!

 

[MrFowl]

Just in case anyone was wondering... I've been driving for about a month now with a new "boat plug" in my oil pan. No problems so far, no leaks ...still planning on replacing with the STi pan, but that will come when I do the up/down pipes in another 2500 miles.