Hello everyone,
This is my first thread on this site so please bare with me. I recently purchased a 325IS from a member here and I have been working on the car to be able to drive it on a daily basis.
Anyways, I searched around for a DIY write up on changing the oil pan gasket and the only specific write-up that I found was on the Pelican Parts site, which suggests you have to completely remove the subframe to be able to drop the oil pan.
Well, I'm happy to say that is not completely accurate, based on the Bentley Manual and my experience yesterday, hereis how I did it without removing the subframe:
This is the procedure on a 1989 325IS:
1- Car raised on jackstands and oil drained from pan of course.
2- Remove all bolts from both sides securing the swaybar. You don't have to completely remove it, just make sure you can push it back and forth
3- Remove the shield plate attached to the tranny bellhousing (4 13mm bolts and 4 torx bolts)
4- Remove all 10mm bolts on the oil pan. To get to the only bolt that sits behind subframe, simply use a 10mm wrench.
5- Remove nuts from engine mounts
6- Raise tranny and engine by placing a jack with a block of wood right under tranny assembly. The purpose of this is to get enough clearance to remove the three 13mm bolts securing the oil pump inside the oil pan
7- Once you have remove the oil pump bolts, lower the oil pan with the pump inside. There is enough room to do this.
As usual, installation is reverse of removal. Hopefully someone will find this useful.
This is my first thread on this site so please bare with me. I recently purchased a 325IS from a member here and I have been working on the car to be able to drive it on a daily basis.
Anyways, I searched around for a DIY write up on changing the oil pan gasket and the only specific write-up that I found was on the Pelican Parts site, which suggests you have to completely remove the subframe to be able to drop the oil pan.
Well, I'm happy to say that is not completely accurate, based on the Bentley Manual and my experience yesterday, hereis how I did it without removing the subframe:
This is the procedure on a 1989 325IS:
1- Car raised on jackstands and oil drained from pan of course.
2- Remove all bolts from both sides securing the swaybar. You don't have to completely remove it, just make sure you can push it back and forth
3- Remove the shield plate attached to the tranny bellhousing (4 13mm bolts and 4 torx bolts)
4- Remove all 10mm bolts on the oil pan. To get to the only bolt that sits behind subframe, simply use a 10mm wrench.
5- Remove nuts from engine mounts
6- Raise tranny and engine by placing a jack with a block of wood right under tranny assembly. The purpose of this is to get enough clearance to remove the three 13mm bolts securing the oil pump inside the oil pan
7- Once you have remove the oil pump bolts, lower the oil pan with the pump inside. There is enough room to do this.
As usual, installation is reverse of removal. Hopefully someone will find this useful.
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