Lower oil pan gasket replacement
so here is what the trans pans looked like when i went under the other day.
After cleaning off the oil from underneath the pans and going for a little drive I checked again. oil streaking from the front of the car backwards. i appeared to be starting only behind the oil pan. the front of the pan was clean and dry but behind was oily and wet.
I decided to replace the gasket thinking that was the culprit. (Note; the gasket is a special order item only from all parts stores i tried. takes 3 to 5 days to receive.)
This is the condition of the old gasket upon removing the pan.
The old gasket appeared to be made of silicone as it was stretchy like a rubber band and very hard to remove from the pan. (best way i found was using a green scratch pad to remove stuck on gasket.)
all clean
This is the bottom of the upper oil pan you can see lots of gasket fragments.
All clean( used a razor blade to scrape)
the gasket
When droping the oil pan you can get a full oil change( over 5 qts.) so make shure you have enough oil to fill her back up!
A good time to use synthetic and a new filter.
That oil is expensive! try to get every last drop.
this was the left over oil.
Not a very hard job all in all. make shure you have a 6 mm alan wrench on a socket as well as a torque wrench so you can install properly.
(after taking for a drive i nocited a small amount of oil on the trans pan again but much less than before. :( posibly a valve cover gasket? i cant find a diagram of this in the work shop manual.:( please help)
