mooleyz28

Hey my friend was driving his car and his a curb. He damaged his oil pan VERY bad. He is going to replace it but isnt to show how to. I thought i would ask you guys. How easy is it to change yourself? How much time should i allow for the install? What tools might i need? How shall i approach it? Any ideas?

Well thanks for the help.

John Melamed

aklim

Got engine hoist? I would think the easiest way is to disconnect the motor from the tranny and motor mounts. Then lift it up a little so you can get some clearence to take the pan out.

trackbird

I had a friend damage one once (fight with her boyfriend, bottomed out the car, ground a hole in the pan).

The factory service manual says you can pull the transmission, then unbolt the pan and spin the crank to get each set of rods out of the way and pull it back towards the rear of the car.

Pull it back, turn crank, pull it the next "throw", turn crank, etc.

I tried this and didn't have much luck (engine "hung" on the motor mounts and was tilted alot). So, I hooked up a hoist and began to lift it to straighten it out. As I did so, the intake shifted and water started dripping off the crankshaft (antifreeze), so I just pulled it out, cleaned it up, changed the head gaskets, intake gaskets, etc. At that point, it was nearly out of the car anyway.

However, it may work for you and it's worth a try.

Good luck!

Dave89IROC

since you're in third gen tech, is it a third gen?

if yes, unbolt exhaust from manifolds, remove ltywheel cover, unbolt motor mounts, jack up motor by the damper, while watching the A/C lines to the pass side of the rad(are short, I broke mine), the engine will go high enough to slip the pan out

ViperXx

If you don't have an engine hoist, the way I did it on mine was to jack the engine up with a block between a jack and the oil pan (with the motor mount bolts removed), then when you get it up high enough, put something (I used 2 big wooden blocks) in between the engine and the motor mounts on both sides, and release the jack, remove the bolts, remove the pan, and put the new one in with the new seal and its rather simple.. (Thats what I did any ways, since I didn't have a engine hoist)

mooleyz28

How long did it take u guys to do?

ViperXx

it took me four hours, but I replaced my oil pump as well.

bluirocz85

You'd better at least take the distributor cap off, if not pull the distributor out completely or you'll be hearing plastic crack before you get the engine raised up high enough to get the pan out. I had to do this last year and its not fun, but totally possible by jacking up the motor.