How to Use oil pan in a Sentence

oil pan

noun
  • Get a job on one of the teams, washing oil pans and stuff, work your way up.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The crankshaft whipping through the oil in the oil pan causes oil to foam.
    — Paul Weissler, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020
  • To drain the oil, set an oil pan next to the mower to collect the drippings.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The oil pan will catch most of the oil, while the cardboard soaks up any oil spills that may occur.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Do not allow the iron to touch the bottom of the hot oil pan or the rosette will shatter.
    — Mary G. Pepitone, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Even so, the skid plates on the oil pan, trans, and fuel tank are standard and welcome.
    — New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
  • But even at normal speeds, the oil in the oil pan might be sloshing to one side, and the oil pump gets starved momentarily.
    — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
  • The oil pan is a strengthening component and has been designed to cut down on vibration.
    — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Instead, be sure to take your oil sample sample mid-flow to get the best representation of what’s in your oil pan.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2020
  • His dough that nods to Detroit’s 1940s era recipes, when auto workers baked pies in deep steel oil pans.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
  • At the very least, oil and filters need to be changed; the oil pan is usually the lowest portion of an engine, and water may have seeped in.
    — Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • According to the listing, both the camshaft and oil pan were resealed in March 2023.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023
  • The work was aimed at preserving its components, and the only new parts of any significance are the fuel tank and oil pan.
    — Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 14 May 2018
  • Dealers will inspect the engine oil pan for metal debris, and as necessary, repair or replace the engine.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 7 July 2025
  • Catalytic converters are located behind the front axle housing next to the oil pan and transmission.
    — James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The front axle runs through the oil pan, ensuring the engine is mounted mostly behind the axle line for optimal weight distribution.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Moving the engine forced changes to the external oil tank used by the dry sump oil system to contain the oil that normally sloshes around in the bottom of wet sump oil pans.
    — Dan Carney, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2020
  • An aluminum engine block, magnesium oil pan, and hollow crankshaft all conspire to save 57lbs (26kg).
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Russell even traveled to Germany with a flashlight to find the car’s original latches in a garage, a trip that also turned up the original oil pan.
    — Stayton Bonner, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Two days later, Edna’s oil pan cover came loose on I-85 southbound during my early morning drive to work.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 28 June 2026
  • It is equipped with electronic locking rear differential, hill decent control and steel skid plates for the oil pan, transfer case and fuel tank, and an aluminum plate up front.
    — cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
  • With the engine rotated this way, Honda had to relocate the oil pan and pump to the place where a transmission would traditionally bolt to the block.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Before getting started, gather the tools and materials necessary for the job including a new oil pan, a sealable container, and new oil to refill the mower.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Pontiac finally got serious a couple of years ago about making the 400 willing to go around corners as fast as the chassis, adding a windage tray to the oil pan, which liked nothing better than voiding its pickup of oil in hard corners.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023

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