Originally Posted by ThrasherFan

Update on my valley pan gasket situation. Afetr researching the DIY extensively, putting parts list together etc etc, I decided to give my dealer a call before I pulled the trigger on ordering parts, just to see if there was an outside chance they would do the repair under warranty. My warranty expired 10 months ago in April 2006. To my surprise, they will cover the entire cost of the repair. The service advisor told me that his guidelines were that he could make the decision to repair under warranty if the vehicle had under 75,000 miles and was less than 18 months out of warranty. Repair is being done March 1. I'll post again if anything unusual comes up, but this was a pleasant surprise. I would highly recommend all you 2002 owners make sure you have the valley pan gasket looked at.