What is this plate on my oil pan???

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Might have something to do with the vane type oil pump up front? That could get a bit noisy at certain loads and rpm. Certain engine setups might need it?
 
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kbuskill said:
I am curious what this plate is on the oil pan of my 5.3L 2008 Suburban LTZ 2WD.

At first I thought it was some kind of inspection plate but from looking at pics of the inside of the oil pan it doesn't appear to have a hole behind it.

So is it some kind of "skid plate" or is it some kind of reinforcement for the cast aluminum pan? Or???

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Just kinda curious if anyone knows.
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So I took it off and there's nothing but the bottom of the pan. I was hoping for a quick access to the oil pump pickup line bolt but I guess it must be some kind of pointless scrape plate. However.. after dropping the oil pan I found some tings that should have not been there. Check out the pics and see for yourself. Not sure what they came from... any ideas?
 

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paulwaul1369 said:
I'm about to find out. I'm changing the oil pump right now. I'm curious to see if it's a quick access to the oil pickup line that bolts to the oil pump. If its not a quick access i guess ill just continue to pull the pan since i already drained the oil. I'll send pics and updates on my findings.
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Yup. It was what I read on some of the other replies. Just a plate... a scrape plate. Nothing on the other side but the oil pan.
 
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paulwaul1369 said:
Yup. It was what I read on some of the other replies. Just a plate... a scrape plate. Nothing on the other side but the oil pan.
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It's not a scrape plate; see post #71. It's a dampener to dampen vibration or sound waves.
 
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