Absolutely not!! It should never touch the pan, UNLESS the pickup is the OEM syle mentioned above.
Two reasons why not: Dent the oil pan at the pickup, restricted flow of oil in pump and motor. Two, break something inside the motor, the oil flow is again, restricted at the pickup.


Last edited by HYPER8oSoNic; 10/19/11 08:05 PM.

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