Internal baffles in the oil pan?

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Internal baffles in the oil pan?

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I heard a rumor that the oil pan is seriously baffled. If anyone has a pic of the inside of the oil pan i would love to see it.
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Baffles are a good thing though, right?
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Post by Legacy777 »

That is a pic of the newer style oil pan. The older pans did not have that lower baffle.

As for, are baffles a good thing, yes they are a good thing. They help keep the oil from sloshing around as much, plus I would assume the lower baffle helps against foaming/cavitation. if you have oil drop/drip from above, it can create air bubbles. That second tray may help provide a "bubble free" area below that the oil pickup tube can suck on.
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Post by ballitch »

not to venture off topic here, but i read/heard somewhere that the EJ25 pans are a little bit bigger, like a 1/2 quart or something......is this true or just a rumor i heard?




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90 wagon = no baffle
91 wagon = baffle
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Post by Subtle »

The baffle could spread heat around a little.

Seen the comments on the 90 and 91 , but what does
the 93 turbo have by way of baffles in the sump???
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Just like the above picture, or damned close.
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Post by skid542 »

The 93' NA doesn't have the second baffle. Other than not having the lower baffle, exactly the same. Today when I pulled it off my batteries were dead on the camera, sorry. What's interesting is that the oilpan I pulled off the 'new' engine had an oil pan as shown above.
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my 93 turbo baffle had the two baffles. Its baffling isnt it?
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Thanks for clearing up a baffling question, without resorting
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could it have to do with where the pan was made...?

It's kind of a nice feature.
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Post by sammydafish »

Legacy777 wrote:That is a pic of the newer style oil pan. The older pans did not have that lower baffle.
My 90 has the lower baffle. Made it a pain in the ass to clean out when I welded by turbo oil return to the pan. Also made it impossable to bang out after I gave it a good crunch launching the scoob a few feet in the air over a ditch :)
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Post by Legacy777 »

Not sure what to tell ya. The engine I have is a 94. Unless someone swapped oil pans, it did not come with the lower baffle.
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