can the oil pan be removed without pulling engine
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can the oil pan be removed without pulling engine
I have an LT1 in my thirdgen. During shipping of the engine, the oil pan got a little dinged and I'm thinking of replacing it. Can the pan be changed out without having to pull the engine?
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I'll first try and tighten the oil pan bolts, maybe they're loose. If that doesn't work, i'll try removing the bolts, the oil level sensor, and see if I can position the crank so that I can change the gasket.
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You don't need to pull off the pan to change the gasket. Just take out all the bolts and let it rest on the k-member, and take out the oil level sensor took. Take out the old gasket, clean the block and pan real good, slide the new gaset around the outside of the pan, then put blotches of rtv in the 4 corners and bolt it back up. Shouldn't take more than an hour or 2 taking your time.
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Originally Posted by speed_demon24
You don't need to pull off the pan to change the gasket. Just take out all the bolts and let it rest on the k-member, and take out the oil level sensor took. Take out the old gasket, clean the block and pan real good, slide the new gaset around the outside of the pan, then put blotches of rtv in the 4 corners and bolt it back up. Shouldn't take more than an hour or 2 taking your time.
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Originally Posted by dhdenney
I always kinda wondered about getting the gasket around the pickup. We removed the pan on a buddy's car by hooking the motor to a lift and getting it as high as we could and got it out. Not fun. Did not want to unbutton the K member.
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Originally Posted by speed_demon24
You don't have to worry about the pickup, the gasket slides around the outside of the pan with ease.
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Originally Posted by speed_demon24
You aren't listening to me. The gasket slides around the outside of the pan.
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I'm not real sure what kinda gasket you are talking about but the only way I see to "slide it around the outside of the pan" would be to cut the gasket. Personally I wouldn't want to do that.
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Originally Posted by dhdenney
I'm not real sure what kinda gasket you are talking about but the only way I see to "slide it around the outside of the pan" would be to cut the gasket. Personally I wouldn't want to do that.
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You mean you stretch it out and put it around the pan from its bottom up? You were saying the outside of the pan and I kept envisioning the pan rail. I used a GM gasket on mine and I don't see that much stretch in the neoprene without ruining it.