oil pan leaking?

[LiU]

/I'm almost positive my oil pan's leaking... everytime i change my oil it's very greasy on the outside - i put in about 3 1/2 bottles of 10-30 oil and end up w/ 2 bottles when i pour the used oil -on my most recent oil change I just put in 10-40 just to see if the motor's burning oil, but I definitley think there's leakage in my oil pan - which leads to my question, how hard isit to change the oil pan?

[corn322]

not so much that it's hard, but it takes a bit of time

[LiU]

what would b involved in chaing an oil pan?

[krazy skwerel]

Raising the engine, and other assorted stuff to allow you to raise the engine.

[LiU]

ok i think my oil pan's leaking but there haven't been anything wrong, other than the fact that i put in 3 1/2 bottles, come out w/ 2 .. isit worth to get a new oil pan?

[corn322]

if you're absolutly sure it's the oil pan leaking, then it would be worth it to get a new pan. to remove/replace the oil pan, this is what you do. take out the air intake pipe. then, get the car on jackstands so you have some room to work under it, but not too high. you have to unbolt the engine mounts, and tack the engine up by the transmission about 3-4 inches. take off the bellhousing guards on the left and right side, then undo all the oil pan bolts. the ones at the back of the block are kinda hard to do. pull the oil pan off. what I did at this point was get a 10mm socket and removed the oil pickup and set it in the pan, then pulled the pan out. I'm sure there might be a way to remove the pan without taking out the oil pickup, but I didn't do it. installation is reverse of removal. don't forget the oil pan gasket. it's wierd and made of rubber. but it is much needed.

edit: DOH! Oil pan gasket is made of cork, not rubber. why did I say rubber?

[corn322]

oh yeah, and you have to take the mech. fan out so you have room to jack it up also.

[Nismo_Freak]

Make sure it's not your front crank seal that's leaking