Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

Ive got a perfectly fine oil pan sitting minus the fact its been drilled for a oil return too low. I've got a perfect sized piece of thin flat mild steel to weld over the hole with. Will that work if I take it to a guy that uses a mig? I think it should be fine, but I just figured I'd ask since you guys that weld like reading simple boring questions. ;)

Re:Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

Pans are pretty cheap, id get another one

Re:Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

you cannot weld steel to aluminum

Re:Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

you can never weld steel to aluminum

Re:Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

well, what can he do then?

Re:Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

get a piece of aluminum to weld over it

Re:Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

Or you can get two plates to block the hole (one inside one outside) bolt the two together and sandwich a bunch of JB weld in the middle for sealant. It aint pretty but it'll get you running till you get anouther pan

Re:Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

Put a plug in the bad hole with jb weld. ;)

Re:Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

Lol, good ol jb weld! I think i'll skip on the jb weld this time though. I am gonna try and find some thick aluminum sheet metal and just weld a piece of it over it. Well see how it turns out :-\ Otherwise I'll see what the yard wants for a used one. Thanks for the replies.

Re:Is welding oil pans difficult? Can you weld steel to aluminum?
 

you can braze steel to aluminum