oil pan
noun
: the lower section of the crankcase used as a lubricating-oil reservoir on an internal combustion engine
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Do not allow the iron to touch the bottom of the hot oil pan or the rosette will shatter.
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Mary G. Pepitone, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
According to the listing, both the camshaft and oil pan were resealed in March 2023.
—Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023
At the very least, oil and filters need to be changed; the oil pan is usually the lowest portion of an engine, and water may have seeped in.
—Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
Get a job on one of the teams, washing oil pans and stuff, work your way up.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
Pontiac finally got serious a couple of years ago about making the 400 willing to go around corners as fast as the chassis, adding a windage tray to the oil pan, which liked nothing better than voiding its pickup of oil in hard corners.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
It is equipped with electronic locking rear differential, hill decent control and steel skid plates for the oil pan, transfer case and fuel tank, and an aluminum plate up front.
—cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
Tire and suspension changes loom large here, but Jeep also has lowered the engine in the chassis by some 1.5 inches via the use of a new oil pan that allows the front axles to pass through the sump.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2022
But even at normal speeds, the oil in the oil pan might be sloshing to one side, and the oil pump gets starved momentarily.
—Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
Mary G. Pepitone, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
According to the listing, both the camshaft and oil pan were resealed in March 2023.
—Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023
At the very least, oil and filters need to be changed; the oil pan is usually the lowest portion of an engine, and water may have seeped in.
—Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
Get a job on one of the teams, washing oil pans and stuff, work your way up.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
Pontiac finally got serious a couple of years ago about making the 400 willing to go around corners as fast as the chassis, adding a windage tray to the oil pan, which liked nothing better than voiding its pickup of oil in hard corners.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
It is equipped with electronic locking rear differential, hill decent control and steel skid plates for the oil pan, transfer case and fuel tank, and an aluminum plate up front.
—cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
Tire and suspension changes loom large here, but Jeep also has lowered the engine in the chassis by some 1.5 inches via the use of a new oil pan that allows the front axles to pass through the sump.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2022
But even at normal speeds, the oil in the oil pan might be sloshing to one side, and the oil pump gets starved momentarily.
—Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
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“Oil pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20pan. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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