Changing the oil with a twist

[MikeLee2484]

ok so tonight i decided that i would stay in and change my oil (which was well needed). well when i got to taking off the plug it was a little tighter than i expected. so i start really cranking it. apparently i put a little too much torque on it and put a nice crack in the oil pan right near the plug, and maybe twisted the plug a little. so anyway now i need a new pan and, like i said, maybe a new plug. i started to look at online wholesellers and the cheapest ive found is $125 at thepartsbin.com. since i dont really know what the going rate for one of these is currently i was wondering if anyone knew if that was a good price or are there cheaper? also i was wondering if i should get new gaskets while i was down there fixing my mess. since i kinda need my car to be in running order for my life to function i was thinking about trying auto zone or murrays or something like that hoping they had one in stock, does anyone know if they have them in stock or is an online seller better? so there you go, any help would be greatly appreicated. thanks.

[marked001]

yeah..that seems pretty cheap..i paid more than that when i got mine done..

[veedubmechanic]

Get a factory one. There about 160 or so and come with new drain plug. You have to drop the subframe to remove the oil pan. You can get it out w/o putting the car into "service" position but its alot easier to do when it is. ALso reccomend replacing the oil pump since you're there if you have more than 90k miles.

[lodownlv]

get some Epoxy and fix it right up :-)