I busted my oilpan last night

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (Majik6)

go take pics of the intersection, if you can. Sue the city. a few people on this board have been sucessful with this. I dunno if you can, but its worth a shot!

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (Majik6)

No idea the exact costs, but an oilpan is a few hundred. No where near $500... however, if the oil pump is damaged, it may be closer to that deductable.
But it was a slow leak, so I'm guessing it wasn't tooo bad.
Suck though, sorry to hear that. I live in fear of the raised man hole covers.

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (Edub04)

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Re: I busted my oilpan last night (Rugrat Anklebiter)

Make sure when the county looks at the car that it falls within legal specs(in the area you live) for ride height. If it is too low they will just laugh at you and tell you to sue them.

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (Majik6)

If your insurance is going to cover it than I guess it doesn't really matter, but it is pretty easy to swap an oil pan..

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (Majik6)

...i busted my oil pan about a little over a month ago...it cost me 275.00 with labor and stuff...i dunno about if u take it a VW stealership...they really jip u...well good luck man...i know how it feels when ur baby is leakin...

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (snuffyboy3)

place near me did it for $175 patrs and labor... dropped it off in morning, got it @ lunchtime (obviously had to call ahead for them to order the pan)
jersey guys - email me if u want to know who it is.

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (mrglx)

That happened to me a couple years ago. Get it looked over really carefully by the dealership. I ended up with a cracked block, and had to have the bottom end replaced.

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (pumpkin02)

might as well try the 'make the city pay for it' route. im not sure how much it is to get it fixed but theres no reason not to try it. im waiting to hear back from them about my 4 bent rims...we'll see

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (Severance)

What ever happened to the Skid plate person? I followed the thread and no outcome yet. any other route?
Sorry to hear that man, mine is just about to go too.

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (Majik6)

Majik6- Where is this pothole? I live in College Park right now too. I wanna make sure I don't hit it either!

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (Severance)

Once I hit a pot hole and blew my tire and destroyed my rim. The city wasn't at all hesitant to cut me a check to cover the repairs, a rental car, and for all the trouble that it was for me to bother with it.

Re: I busted my oilpan last night (LadyLegs)

Dub n Bass
The pothole is on Route 1 when your heading towards DC leving CP.. like right after Applebees. It's all kinds of focked up there. I guess they are doing construction there and the pavement is all grooved and nasty. The manholes are NASTY. I mean, seriously it looks like those things are raised up outta the ground more than 4 - 5 inches or something. It's about 5 - 6 blocks long of bad pavement. Keep an eye out cos if you run into that area without knowing you can bang some sh!te up pretty bad.