Re: oil pan guards

[GLewis4457@domain.elided]

In a message dated 11/29/99 4:31:00 PM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

> Put me down for a vote in favor of the crash guards. While it's true
>  they are not indestructible, they will definitely protect your engine
>  from some hazards

My former Alfa mechanic (those in the Houston area know who I mean) advised 
against using an oil pan guard on my previous 75 Spider.  Reason.  Since the 
Alfa is a unibody construction you have to bolt it to the body and not to a 
true frame.  His logic was that in an incident violent enough to potentially 
destroy your oil pan you have a possibility of greater damage to the unibody 
and knocking it out of alignment and it is far cheaper to buy/install a new 
oil pan than to have the unibody straightened.  I don't really know, but I 
did not install a pan guard.  Maybe I just got lucky.

Jerry in Houston

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