Oil pan baffle plate - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

FreshBRZ · 03-13-2021, 10:24 PM

Anyone know if the stock baffle plate is required? The one that is on my car somehow broke.

I got a aftermarket greddy baffle I was going to install but I don't know if I should take the broken one off and install the greddy baffle only or get a new baffle to replace the broken one.

Turdinator · 03-14-2021, 05:18 AM

How did you do that?!?

FreshBRZ · 03-14-2021, 12:10 PM

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How did you do that?!?

I was having oil pressure problems so I dropped the oil pan and that was at the bottom of the pan. Seems like that was blocking the oil pick-up. No idea how it broke.

soundman98 · 03-14-2021, 02:25 PM

looks really violent with the stress fractures emanating off the broken off area. i'd be checking the rest of the block for what flung off and snapped it.

humfrz · 03-14-2021, 02:26 PM

I'd suggest you get a new oil pan ........ before the rest of it falls apart -

Ultramaroon · 03-14-2021, 03:50 PM

That was not from a single incident. Those cracks developed over time with vibration. Just replace the baffle and make sure the fasteners are tight.

FreshBRZ · 03-14-2021, 04:27 PM

Just removed the rest of the baffle today. Came out in pieces. Going to wait for the new one.

soundman98 · 03-14-2021, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

That was not from a single incident. Those cracks developed over time with vibration. Just replace the baffle and make sure the fasteners are tight.

hory sheit.

my baffle has had to crumble into a million pieces then... how is a 2015 the first car i'm seeing with this?

FreshBRZ · 03-14-2021, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

hory sheit.

my baffle has had to crumble into a million pieces then... how is a 2015 the first car i'm seeing with this?

I daily drive my brz and it has 120k miles.

Ultramaroon · 03-14-2021, 06:10 PM

This is very interesting, indeed. Do you have engine mods, like a lightweight crankshaft pulley?

What kind of engine mounts?

Ultramaroon · 03-14-2021, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

hory sheit.

my baffle has had to crumble into a million pieces then... how is a 2015 the first car i'm seeing with this?

That is really strange, for sure. An intuitive eye can see where the primary mode started going balls-out. We used to stop-drill cracks like these on airplane skins.

Slap some hot glue on it.

FreshBRZ · 03-14-2021, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

This is very interesting, indeed. Do you have engine mods, like a lightweight crankshaft pulley?

What kind of engine mounts?

No it's completely stock

Ultramaroon · 03-14-2021, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by FreshBRZ

No it's completely stock

Were all the mounting screws tight? It's kind of a dumb question but maybe one of them was cross-threaded when it was inserted. I've seen weirder.

FreshBRZ · 03-14-2021, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Were all the mounting screws tight? It's kind of a dumb question but maybe one of them was cross-threaded when it was inserted. I've seen weirder.

They were all pretty tight in there, none cross-threaded.

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