freakynipples69

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I need the steps on how to remove the oil pan.

conan

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Stock Kmember or tube Kmember? If its stock you will need to either raise the moter out of it's mounts in the kmember to have room to pull the pan or drop the kmember down for the clearance. If it a after market Kmember it will come right out.

freakynipples69

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its stock kmember. Sounds like a pain in the ***.

King James

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Support the engine from the top
Unbolt the alternator
Unbolt the A/C Compresser
Take the middle bolt out of each motor mount
Unbolt the 6 bolts holding the K-member in.

That should give you enough room to get slide out the oil pan. And yes, it is a bit of a pain in the *** but it can be done in an afternoon.

777

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It's most definatly a pain. There are quite a few bolts (I think 10mm) around the perimeter (prolly 10 or so). There are then two on the back of the block that are like 15mm. Now to actually get the pan off you will need to lift the motor off the mounts (big pain)

Trying to see what caused your engine to die?

89ws6formula50

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dont have to unbolt the struts from the strut towers or the sway bar?

ss rally red

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If you have the tools and a lift available you can have the motor out of the car in a 1hr & 1/2 if its your first time out of the bottom. You can then undue the motor mount bolts and use a cherry picker to raise the motor off of the K frame. and have complete access to everything. I know this may not be a realistic situation for you but if it is go this route. I do a ton of cam/head etc installs and we drop the motor out of these cars so often now it is a hour or less job. To me it would take almost this much time to go through all the steps to get enough clearence to remove the pan with the engine still in the car. I dont know if this helps at all but if you have the access to the tools needed you will not believe how easy this job is. Good luck Ken

bgloworm22

Here goes:
1. Jack the front of the car up on jack-stands.
2. Take the front tires off.
(Optional) Take the radiator out. For more room.
3. Take the Alternator, A/C compressor w/ bracket off.
4. Unbolt all of the bolts for the pan. 10 pan bolts, 2 tranny mount bolts.
5. Use a small piece of wood and the jack, and put the wood under the crank pully and jack get ready to jack the motor up.
6. Unbolt and take out both motor mount bolts.
7. With the A4 take out the one nut going across the tranny mount. I'm not sure what it is on the T56. Sorry.
8. Push the motor up out of the motor mounts and leave it there.
9. Unbolt the 3 bolts that are visible inside the fenderwell. The one on the back is sometimes difficult to see (it has a washer on it). There are three on each side.
DO NOT UNBOLT ANY OF THE SHOCK TOWER BOLTS! They are what is holding the suspension on.
10. Make sure the motor is secure. Mine fell because the wood broke! SO MAKE SURE IT IS SECURE!!!!
11. Wedge a pry bar or something (I used the handle to the jack) between
the frame and the location of the smallest bolt (the one with the washer on it) and push the k-member down.

Once you have done that, the oil pan should just about fall out. Get ready for the fall, it might crack the pan.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO TAKE THE BOLT OUT OF THE OIL PUMP!!! The pick-up tube is bolted in two places.
I just had to do this because my pick-up tube was packed with stuff.(Paper towel or something!)
This method worked great for me, Hope it will help someone else.
I'm just a regular guy without any kind of lift or any kind of money to pay someone to do it.