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Originally Posted by fooddude
Yikes! Never jack up nor use the oil pan to support the engine, the whole front end of the car nor any other heavy weights (even just laying the engine on the floor). Some designs have the oil pickup "straw" super close to the oil pan's floor on the inside; and when dented, could block oil flow, starve the engine and straight up blow the mutha.
It's happened to several people in the past (including myself, with a rod straight through the block). A very common problem with imported engine swaps (since those engines are slid around and banged around a lot on the floor during shipments, resulting in messed up oilpans).
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Wow okay, thanks for the heads up! This is the case even when using a rubber block? Where should it be supported? Not many options down there.