What’s the Trick to Removing an Oil Pan?
i am about ready to pull the oil pan from my 212ci 6 cylinder & was wondering what others have done to not wear oil or spill a bunch of it from the splasher tray? I’ve already drained the oil pan, so it’s just what’s left in the dipper trays. I was thinking of just using a floor jack underneath it but I figure someone’s got a good idea already tried & true!
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In the beginning it was going just just like you described, 4 bolts remained & were loosened & the pan was coming down with the bolts being loosened. I had the jack hold the pan in place nicely & removed the rest of the bolts & slowly lowered the jack then slid it out from underneath the car.
Although something was missing.... oh crap the dipper trough was still stuck to the block. I quickly cut a piece of cardboard, grabbed my scraper & then shoved the jack back underneath. Bang! I herd it fall down on the jack. I was about 20 seconds from not making a huge mess.
The good news: I won’t soon forget to make sure the upper trough comes down with the pan!
https://youtu.be/IYL1cG2_T2g
33ET8conv, I took your advice & started in on the area I described earlier with the brakleen as you’d done. It looked like a playdo mold as the sludge oozed out in the shape of the bottom hole. What nasty stuff that is & doesn’t come off the hands too readily.
After a pair of rubber gloves I went back to work on it but the brakleen was appearing to act more as a compressed air tool as the chemical had little if any effect on the sludge. Thus I next used compressed air with my air compressor air blow off tool. It was almost a perfect fit to the middle hole & leaving the bottom hole open I blew out a great deal more sludge. My plan is to leave the pan on its side & hope it will continue to flow out the gap at the very end over the next 10 days I’m away from this project.
Question: has anyone come up with any other ideas or chemicals to break down the sludge?
53 Studebaker Coupe Custom
64 Champ pickup
Wellborn, Fl
How are the trays replenished with oil?