KA oil pan

[Jeff240sx]

Just wondering... hoping.. there's been a breakthrough on how to remove the oil pan. Anything better than jacking the motor and wiggling the pan yet?
Otherwise.. my life will suck this weekend.
-Jeff

[Andrew Bohan]

you can also drop crossmember and everything attached to it

[speeddreamz]

thats it, it aint that difficult, took me about an hour to get the oil pan off with the help of a friend.


However, putting it back it sort of annoying.

Remember to take off the oil pickup before fully removing the pan, you'll need a 12 wrench.

[Jeff240sx]

Yea.. I've done this before.. it sucked. My main issue with it is the reinstallation, because the RTV bead gets wiped off during the wiggling on.
-Jeff

[S14DB]

Is buying another oil pan and having the drain bung welded on it then just swaping it a good method?

[Jeff240sx]

Yep.. it's awesome, because then your car won't be panless for a day or so.
-Jeff