Has anyone removed/replaced oil pan in VE? Any tips you can give me? Search is down right now, but I think I've seen some sort of guides about it in the past.

Thanks,
Dmitriy

 

Drain oil. There are a bunch of 10 mm bolts along the underside of the pan where it'll attach to the block. Take those out and then I had to get a flathead to wedge in there because of the sealant or whatever that was used.

 

I wouldn't use a flathead to pry it off...knock it with a rubber mallet rather. wouldn't the flathead bend and damage the seal between the block and pan?

 

The majority of the seal actually come off with the pan. I just put the flathead in on the corners and then it came off pretty easily.

 

i just read the FSM pages EM54 and EM55 they say support the engine buy placing a jack under the crank pulley, remove ypipe, remove crossmember, remove the 18 oil pan bolts, in bold it says dont use a screw driver you could damange the mating sufaces. it says use sutable tool and remove pan. im sure you could use a small screw driver but just be carfull and dont pry on it hit it with a hammer to the left or right to break the seal. the tool they show is what looks to be a wide blade of some sort

 

Yeah, thats what I did. Guess I should have just explained myself besides using the word pry.

 

Wow, thanks guys. It's an interesting idea to support the engine by crankshaft pulley... wouldn't the weight of the engine damage the pulley (bearings)?

How difficult is it to remove the Y-pipe?

 

Its easy. Just make to sure and soak the bolts with some PB or WD40 beforehand. They might be rusted or stuck on there good.

3 14 mm on the front manifold and 3 more on the rear. The 2 that connect to the cat are either 15 or 17, the size evades me as this point in time.

 

Also, would blue RTV silicone be good enough for the gasket? Or should I use hi-temp stuff?

 

What about center crossmember... I assume it's just a few bolts in the front and then engine mounts that are on it, right?