need help with oil pan installe

[e30s52]

i cant find out to fit it and just need to know how you guys did it.
s52 obd1 swap with e34 pan. here are pictures.

[Mike B.]

The small sheet metal bracket needs to be removed in order for the E34 pan to fit (I am assuming that you already have the E34 oil pickup as well).

I find that if you bend it back and forth a few times it will break free with no metal shavings falling into the lower end.

[e30s52]

yes i do. thanks for the quick info. back to work for me

[hugh jass]

don't forget to put you oil pickup tube back on the oil pump

[e30s52]

all ready did that. lucky i didnt put the bolts on and pop it off again and put it on. thanks for the help guys

[BigD]

After removing the bracket, check again that the pan fits (flush all around). Mine didn't. I'm still not 100% sure where the changeover is but mine was from a '92 E34 and the baffle cutouts for the oil drains didn't fit. I had to cut them deeper, it was supremely annoying to figure out what was binding (oil pump? pickup? mains?).

Thread with detailed pics:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=84768

[windsor318is]

dont forget to silicon the 3 edges where the 2 parts of the block meet. you are installing the e34 pick up right?

[BigD]

dont forget to silicon the 3 edges where the 2 parts of the block meet. you are installing the e34 pick up right?

I siliconed the whole thing. I had no intention of going through all this shit to have an oil leak thanks to a warp or crack or whatever, in the used pan.

[e30s52]

I siliconed the whole thing. I had no intention of going through all this shit to have an oil leak thanks to a warp or crack or whatever, in the used pan.

im going to silcon the whole thing. i want no leaks like my e34