Detroit Oil Pan , steel or aluminum?

[Vincentc]

Paint has flaked off the stbd Covington 671 ti oil pan and I want to prime and paint it. No rust shows and I wonder if it is aluminum?

Please let me know which metal.

Thanks

 

[Vincentc]

It just hit me, a magnet should answer my question.

 

[lumina]

Hi All,

Our's is steel !

 

[Andy B]

Steel on mine too.

 

[MikeP]

Ah yes, the old MAGNET trick! Heck, anybody can figure that out with a magnet! It takes talent, skill and a certain degree of persistence to make that determination without hi-tech devices like magnets or other modern Nancy-boy tools!

 

[Boatsb]

Ah yes, the old MAGNET trick! Heck, anybody can figure that out with a magnet! It takes talent, skill and a certain degree of persistence to make that determination without hi-tech devices like magnets or other modern Nancy-boy tools!

Unless its stainless steel.

 

[Vincentc]

The magnet stuck to the pan.