9-3 Oil Pan Help
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 3:45 pm
So lets call this episode maybe 18 in "Phil should really stop pretending to be a mechanic"...
I was performing the PCV #6 update on my Viggen and found a strange oil trap, making me sort of think this car has had an engine replacement (part # shows up as original system on an '04-05 Aero and this has a later TD04 with this push in fitting on the cobra instead of the threaded banjo bolt, also found on '04+ Aeros). Anyway, I remove the old oil trap only to find that it has a large nipple that is inserted into the block and that has snapped off flush in the block. I try and I try to pry it out and of course, it falls into the engine.
Fast forward and the pan is out, and despite someone using copious amounts of silicone sealant it is actually in fantastic shape so I can breathe a sight of relief after finding the incorrect and outdated PCV system.
My question is does anyone have any tips on how to reinstall the oil pan? I am at the point where the pan is catching on the transmission housing by an excruciating mm or two and have exhausted all my curse words while jacking up the engine and prying on the subframe, and I just can't get that sweet combo to let it get back up in there. Reading threads about it the advice is usually like a Hayne's manual and just say 'reinstall pan'.
Any tips on where/how to apply pressure and how to get the pan to clear the subframe hump? I've got the front and middle subframe bolts out, and the rears loosened, but I just can't for the life of me get it pulled down far enough to get this thing in
Pics from today; not too gross all things considered, and the offending oil trap nipple that fell down:
Friends don't let friends use silicone on engines
All clean:
I was performing the PCV #6 update on my Viggen and found a strange oil trap, making me sort of think this car has had an engine replacement (part # shows up as original system on an '04-05 Aero and this has a later TD04 with this push in fitting on the cobra instead of the threaded banjo bolt, also found on '04+ Aeros). Anyway, I remove the old oil trap only to find that it has a large nipple that is inserted into the block and that has snapped off flush in the block. I try and I try to pry it out and of course, it falls into the engine.
Fast forward and the pan is out, and despite someone using copious amounts of silicone sealant it is actually in fantastic shape so I can breathe a sight of relief after finding the incorrect and outdated PCV system.
My question is does anyone have any tips on how to reinstall the oil pan? I am at the point where the pan is catching on the transmission housing by an excruciating mm or two and have exhausted all my curse words while jacking up the engine and prying on the subframe, and I just can't get that sweet combo to let it get back up in there. Reading threads about it the advice is usually like a Hayne's manual and just say 'reinstall pan'.
Any tips on where/how to apply pressure and how to get the pan to clear the subframe hump? I've got the front and middle subframe bolts out, and the rears loosened, but I just can't for the life of me get it pulled down far enough to get this thing in
Pics from today; not too gross all things considered, and the offending oil trap nipple that fell down:
Friends don't let friends use silicone on engines
All clean: