I just got done replacing my oil pan gasket without removing the oil pan all the way. I've done this for yrs (I'm a mechanic) on 5.0's and 4.6 in vics, etc. but this is the first time on a mark viii. Here's what I did. Removed alternator and supported engine with cross brace and lifted slightly after removing motor mount bolts. Removed the 8 torx subframe bolts. Removed 3 p/s line bolts that hold the brackets to subframe. Pried the bracket open that holds the battery cable under front of oil pan. Cleaned off area good and drained oil. Lowered subframe perhaps 1-2 inches. Lowered pan. Worked gasket around pan starting in front left corner. I did break original gasket by bending too tightly and it was 17 yrs old. Cleaned off surfaces. Worked new gasket up and around pan. Bolted back up. Took me 2 hrs and the hardest part was working with the battery cable brackets that got in the way of pan. Now I have to do the same thing on my son's Mark Viii. For people in rust belt areas, it may be better to let pan leak slightly to keep pan from rusting.
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Oil pan gasket can be replaced without removing pan
- Thread starter opmanf
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One might have had to remove the wheels, brake calipers, and disconect the abs wheel sensor wiring, deal with the p/s lines, etc. and deal with the upper strut mountings and associated lines and wiring to the solenoids or lower shock bolts and undo the upper control arm ball joint in order to be able to drop the pan. If you need to replace the pan, by all means do the extra work. BTW: What's the time allowed for complete pan removal? I'm a full time mechanic and the less work I have to do on my own cars the better off my attitude. It was a little slow at work so I worked it in and had a limited time and another guy was using the trans jack.