How do I change the oil pan?

k9t8m

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Call this guy:

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He claims to be some Mark VIII enthusiest, but he arrived in this:

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but we did get it done tho


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bottom end was clean, thankfully. no sludge like the commertials.

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look at them rusty ass motor mounts!!! its very rare to find a sludgy bottom end. all the 4.6's i have torn apart i have only opened one that was filled with sludge, it also had 299k on it and the guy never heard the term oil change. its not hard to keep a 4.6 clean, just regular oil changes!
 
IDK how a car that never gets driven rusts so much... Must be a gen 1 thing... :)
 
It wouldnt matter if it were in a bubble, this is Illinois, sooner or later, everything rusts.
 
Where your pan bolts very tight? I thought I was going to snap these off but right then they would crack loose.
 
Fun job, eh!? I got to do mine twice when the brand new one I got from the dealer leaked as well too! grr... ;)
Between the pans and swaybar fun, I am an expert at dropping the subframe of these cars in no time :D
 
they are almost always super tight, aluminum block + steel bolts = corrosion! i stripped the head on one and everything i tried slipped so i used a 15mm "turbo socket" and hammered it over the washer and pulled till i heard it pop, i got it but it took along time.
oh and k9 thanks for showing LvC my ass crack lol
 
as to your question remove all the bolts and tap with a 10# hammer. as for the crack it looks like chicken could apply for a illinois plumbers license.
 
I pull oil pans at the junkyard and have never had an issue with the bolts. Mind you these are desert/dry climate cars, but never had one give a fight.


My buddy Dave's car? Ha. Everything broke.
 
Bolts came off mine good too. Only bolt I had trouble with was the lower bug strut bolt. Air hammer took quick care of that ;)
 
so this is what you are doing while PSN is down Chicken....
that and whoring my bspec bob ;)
I pull oil pans at the junkyard and have never had an issue with the bolts. Mind you these are desert/dry climate cars, but never had one give a fight.


My buddy Dave's car? Ha. Everything broke.

mine had one that wouldn't come out too, its somewhat common, hell ive seen ones cross threaded from the factory
 
That 96 we picked up in Jersey was in horrible shape corrosion wise.


Every exaust stud snapped, EVERY bellhousing bolt pulled threads (even cracked the block at the top two bolts). Dave spent 3 months under the damned thing cleaning it before we put any parts back on it.


I'll NEVER buy another rust belt/seaboard car in my life.


Mike
 

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