Oil Pan Gasket

cherrington17 · 09-03-2010, 12:03 PM

I've noticed the bottom of my pan always has a bit of oil on it...

and between each oil change, i seem to be getting closer and closer to the "low" mark. (I change every 6 months or so)

So I'm swapping the gasket... figure I'll do the easiest thing first. hope it works.

anything I should know about doing this? Do I use RTV, or no? (seems like every gasket is different) and does the pan in the 3.4 just drop straight down, after removing bolts... (I haven't been under it in a bit) is there nothing blocking it from coming off, only itself?

My gfs tranny pan/filter seemed like it would drop right out... and then come to find out the drive shaft was in the way.

[ion] C2 · 09-03-2010, 12:10 PM

It's likely a rubber and metal gasket, so NO sealant. My LD9 pan is a pain in the ass to angle out from under the car, tis a tight fit between the subframe.

cherrington17 · 09-03-2010, 12:11 PM

IIRC the 3400 drops straight down... I just want a confirmation before I go attempt it.

sponge · 09-03-2010, 12:16 PM

does not drop straight down :/

cherrington17 · 09-03-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sponge

does not drop straight down :/

thanks for the indepth info as to how to get it out, so i can change the gasket.

thats about as useless of a post as i've seen in a long time. Why not just post a wutermelon...

so i just read on a GA forum, that you gotta lift the engine to get the pan out... WTF!

eff that noise, i'll just use slightly heavier oil, or put a seal-restorer in. Totally not worth it for how little i'm losing.

Lucalare · 09-03-2010, 03:05 PM

that's bad, but my old truck (94 dakota, 4x4) you have to take off the entire front suspension, and i think cv shafts before you can even think about pulling the oil pan. I thought i was going to have to drop it cause the shop cross threaded my drain plug, and when i went to change it myself i found out. Luckily when i put an impact on it on loosen and spun the crap out of it it came out, and i was able to re-thread the nut inside.

09-03-2010, 06:06 PM

It took me five minutes to read the how-to drop the oil pan in my hayne's manual. It's not something you should be attempting on the ground to be honest with you. Pick up a haynes manual at autozone/advance and read the section about it. pita

alerored04 · 09-03-2010, 06:25 PM

The timing cover needs to come off in order to do it. That means either a very long pita job in the car, or pull the motor. Not something worth doing over a small leak. The gasket is all rubber fyi, just like the valve cover gaskets. I would just keep a close eye on oil levels or change it more often.

Actually I dont even know if you could do it in the car.

Ryan from Ohio · 09-03-2010, 06:34 PM

Start by doing the most obvious.

Snug up all the bolts you can get to...

clutch1 · 09-04-2010, 02:22 AM

Read the writeup on it when I was gonna do it for a friend's GA.. it sounded like a lot of work... what happened to the days of easy oil pan on/off?

sponge · 09-04-2010, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cherrington17

thanks for the indepth info as to how to get it out, so i can change the gasket.

thats about as useless of a post as i've seen in a long time. Why not just post a wutermelon...

so i just read on a GA forum, that you gotta lift the engine to get the pan out... WTF!

eff that noise, i'll just use slightly heavier oil, or put a seal-restorer in. Totally not worth it for how little i'm losing.

how was that useless? u weren't sure wether or not it would drop straight out...and i told you it doesn't, because it doesn't...

i don't have time to tell u all the steps just search the forums u'll find what u need.

billytheman1188 · 09-04-2010, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sponge

how was that useless? u weren't sure wether or not it would drop straight out...and i told you it doesn't, because it doesn't...

i don't have time to tell u all the steps just search the forums u'll find what u need.

OWNED.....by a noob