# Cost of Replacing oil Pan

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/cost-of-replacing-oil-pan/43929>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai\
**Created:** [February 6, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cost-of-replacing-oil-pan/43929 "2010-02-06T14:03:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![stringdoctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@stringdoctor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stringdoctor)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cost-of-replacing-oil-pan/43929/1 "2010-02-06T14:03:22Z")

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The thread holding the oil plug got stripped and a local mechanic gave an estimate of $675 to fix it (Replace the oil pan). Does that seem like a high price to fix this? We live in Jax,Fla.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cost-of-replacing-oil-pan/43929/2 "2010-02-06T14:10:46Z")

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Why would anyone suggest replacing the whole oil pan? This is a basic and reasonably simple repair that can be done w/ pan on the car - just tap a new hole & install a new plug. If this local mechanic didn’t mention or won’t do it find another.

Without very specific info - model and year of hyundai, for example, - people won’t be able to say much about replacing the pan. Procedures can vary - by a lot.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cost-of-replacing-oil-pan/43929/3 "2010-02-06T14:55:24Z")

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I agree with Cigroller. This is not the first time someone posted that they’d been told they needed the entire oil pan replaced because of a stripped drain hole, and I’m always puzzled as to why that’s suggested.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cost-of-replacing-oil-pan/43929/4 "2010-02-06T14:59:12Z")

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Call around and see if you can find someone who can repair the oil pan threads using this system. [http://www.timesert.com/html/drainplug.html](http://www.timesert.com/html/drainplug.html)

Tester

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**Author:** ![genex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@genex](https://community.cartalk.com/u/genex)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cost-of-replacing-oil-pan/43929/5 "2010-02-06T15:25:57Z")

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There are replacement oil pan plugs available at parts supply places - for a few dollars !

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**Author:** ![stringdoctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@stringdoctor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stringdoctor)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cost-of-replacing-oil-pan/43929/6 "2010-02-06T20:50:08Z")

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Thanks for your posts. The car is a 99 Hyundai Elantra wagon.