[TECH] Oil Pan Gasket

[robw_z at yahoo.com (Robbie Cotner)]

those bolts doth be bitchy, but can fairly easily be replaced with the engine and trans in the car.  I used one of those jointed sockets that can twist around.  My friend somehow did it with just a long-reach 10mm socket.  On my engine I haven't bothered to put the two back in since I end up dropping the oil pan a few times a year, mine doesn't leak but that's probably because I have a Corrado rubber/metal oil pan gasket.
 
-Rob

"Jason F. Snow" <jasonfsnow@optonline.net> wrote:
So I finally get to the point where I can put oil in the engine.I go out
the next day and ther's a small puddle of oil underneath the car.

Since every gasket on the engine is brand new, I was kind of expecting
to tighten some stuff here in there so I wasn't that concerned.

I crawled under the car to take a look and it was coming from the oil
pan, near the transmission side.

I'm missing a bolt! WTH was I thinking, I need to put a bolt right where
the engine and tranny meet! There's no way to get in there with a
socket! I can't imagine having to separate the engine and tranny just to
replace the oil pan gasket, so is there something I'm missing.A tool
perhaps.Something besides common sense.?

Jason F. Snow
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