Oil Pan Seal Replacement

[Greg Gieger]

My 94 SHO has started leaking oil and a local dealership told me it is at the oil pan seals. I am going to attempt to replace the seals my self. Aside from removing the starter which I have already done when replacing the starter, is this job a very hard one? I would appreciate any feedback.

 

[billyshoe]

The oil pan gasket is easy once the y-pipe is pulled, the rear seal can't be replaced w/out trans. removal and is usaually not leaking. The front seal is do-able. There is lots to take apart to to get at the front crank seal, the seal can be done in a afternoon. It would be better if other parts were replaced at the time of reassembly such as the CPS, timing belt, coolant pump. This drives up the parts cost of front seal job to well over $200

<small>[ January 07, 2004, 01:05 PM: Message edited by: billyshoe ]</small>

 

[COliveira95]

After you have removed the starter and y-pipe (being very careful with the studs) the oil pan is a simple drop out (after draining the oil of course!) IMHO now is the perfect time to check/replace your rod bearings. I wouldn't drop the oil pan without doing these. There are some good writeups on the procedure around the forum. Just do a search for "Rod Bearings." SDPatt and Kurt Metros have some great writeups.

The oil pan seals consist of 2 gaskets and the rest gets RTVed. The way I do it is to clean the sealing surfaces (block and pan) and RTV the block. There are intereferences getting the oil pan back up. After that you'll have a non leaking pan and fresh rod bearings... oh a fresh oil change too thumb Hope this helped.

 

[91taurisho]

COliveira95:
After you have removed the starter and y-pipe (being very careful with the studs) the oil pan is a simple drop out (after draining the oil of course!) IMHO now is the perfect time to check/replace your rod bearings. I wouldn't drop the oil pan without doing these. There are some good writeups on the procedure around the forum. Just do a search for "Rod Bearings." SDPatt and Kurt Metros have some great writeups.

The oil pan seals consist of 2 gaskets and the rest gets RTVed. The way I do it is to clean the sealing surfaces (block and pan) and RTV the block. There are intereferences getting the oil pan back up. After that you'll have a non leaking pan and fresh rod bearings... oh a fresh oil change too thumb Hope this helped.

I agree with COliveira95, I was going to drop my pan to replace the pan seal(during my 60k). I decided that if i'm going to do that I might as well replace the rod bearings while i'm in there... I am moving to another house pretty soon and am supposed to be getting a lift(hopefully), So I decided that I should wait for that because it would be so much easier. naughty
So in short: Don't bother without changing the rod bearings(Unless it's an emergency)!

<small>[ January 07, 2004, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: 91taurisho ]</small>