Oil pan damage from over tight bolts...

[weq92f]

Got my pan off and found it needs some repair. The bolts up front were way over tightened by PO. Measured with a caliper using straight edge and found just under 1/8th inch deflection of metal due to the bolt bending the pan toward the block ( place small, thin straight edge inside and along pan bolt rail as if looking from outside, measure using caliper depth pin from top of bolt hole 'caldera' down to straight edge ).

Can you guys suggest a fix for this?

My immediate thoughts are...

o place the pan.. gasket face down on hard surface. Use calculated blows with BFH and a punch/the right size socket or other implement to smash the bolt hole peaks down.


Thanks,

-klb