Leaf in Oil Pan - Sanity Check - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

blue62 · 05-30-2021, 11:02 AM

That's crazy

Looks like it may be a maple leaf????
Any Maple trees near by???
Or trees with a leaf like it???

bg305 · 05-30-2021, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by blue62

That's crazy

Looks like it may be a maple leaf????
Any Maple trees near by???
Or trees with a leaf like it???

There definitely could be.. But I am still baffled. The leaf looked completely soaked I would think it would be floating on top, there was not much oil at all left in the pan.. (it is not like I did not drain it first!). I The more I think about it, the less I think I think it fell in.. It also was not more than 2 minutes between when I dropped the pan and found the leaf.

blue62 · 05-30-2021, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bg305

There definitely could be.. But I am still baffled. The leaf looked completely soaked I would think it would be floating on top, there was not much oil at all left in the pan.. (it is not like I did not drain it first!). I The more I think about it, the less I think I think it fell in.. It also was not more than 2 minutes between when I dropped the pan and found the leaf.

Any sign the the oil pan had be removed before??

bg305 · 05-30-2021, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by blue62

Any sign the the oil pan had be removed before??

Honestly not sure there is some black sealant to be scraped off, no idea if it is the stock silicon, someone that resealed with the same or something different.

blue62 · 05-30-2021, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bg305

Honestly not sure there is some black sealant to be scraped off, no idea if it is the stock silicon, someone that resealed with the same or something different.

Well the good thing is that you found it and it didn't get on the oil pickup screen.