I have a 1999 Ford Contour with the V-6 engine. Something leaped up from the road and struck this car’s surprisingly unprotected aluminum oil-pan causing it to develop a crack on the (relatively) flat surface on the bottom, causing much of the oil to drip out and intermittently bringing on the dread…

Cracked Aluminum Oilpan - Repair or Replace?

system September 11, 2007, 2:41pm 10

I’d tend to agree with that. Welding/glueing can be an option when the substitute(pan) is not available.

In the next time, I might take a safe distance longer than necessary from the vehicle in front if it were a 1999 Ford Contour.