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how hard is it...
To change the oil pan on my IS300?
Sewell wants $680 to do it, i know on my honda i use to have the exaust pipe was in the way. Is this something that is somewhat easy to take off?
Sewell wants $680 to do it, i know on my honda i use to have the exaust pipe was in the way. Is this something that is somewhat easy to take off?
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It looks pretty straight forward, I've done it on a few friends cars. Not the IS.
So your going to buy a brand new one and replace it? That part runs just under $375.00 if I'm not mistaking. The lower portion runs about $140.00 or so.
$680.00 seems like way to much to pay to have this job done. Buy it and do it yourself. Honestly cant be that hard.
So your going to buy a brand new one and replace it? That part runs just under $375.00 if I'm not mistaking. The lower portion runs about $140.00 or so.
$680.00 seems like way to much to pay to have this job done. Buy it and do it yourself. Honestly cant be that hard.
Why do you need to replace the oil pan? And which one, there's an upper and lower pan. The lower pan is $137 MSRP and the upper pan is $375 MSRP. The lower pan can be changed on the car, but involves unbolting the motor mounts and lifting the engine up a little bit with a engine hoist. The upper pan is bolted to the transmission and on several points on the engine block and is quite difficult to remove it without pulling the motor out. Did you strip out the oil drain bolt on the oil pan or something? If so, then you're in luck because that only involves replacing the lower pan.
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The guy at sewell didn't say much other than it looks like i may have hit something in the road and caused it to get a small hole in it. My grandpa just tells me to drain the oil, clean it real good and then throw a small amount of jb weld on it because the size of the oil spot on the street is very small day to day so it cant be that bad. I haven't seen it yet because its still in the shop getting a new water pump since that's still under warranty.
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i dont remember bottoming out, the only thing i know that happened to it is when the girlfriend said she ran over a bag/box on the road that fell out of someones truck so i can only assume thats what it was. but im not sure, ill try the JB weld thing sometime this weekend or next.
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Make sure you clean it thoroughly, and I mean very very thoroughly if you're going to use JB weld. It is a mechanically bonding adhesive and will only stick if the surface is clean and free of oils. You can get the outside of the pan clean, but the inside will still be oily. The last thing you want to do is have a rogue piece of JB weld floating around the oil pan a few weeks down the road and making its way into the engine. My suggestion would be to pull the pan out and patch it inside and out(preferably welded, but JB will do if you clean both inside/outside). If you don't want to spend the time to do that, then you can probably get away with gas tank repair putty. That stuff is a lot thicker so it's harder for it to squeeze into the hole. Anyways, good luck and if you need help let me know.
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hmmm never heard of gas tank repair putty.
the only reason i was going to use JBweld was because everyone says its difficult to take the pan off. If i can get it off id just get a new one. $137 isnt that much and id have no problem replacing it, just didnt have the 600 to let someone do it. If I can take the pan off without lifting the engine since I dont have a lift than id be more than happy to just replace it.
the only reason i was going to use JBweld was because everyone says its difficult to take the pan off. If i can get it off id just get a new one. $137 isnt that much and id have no problem replacing it, just didnt have the 600 to let someone do it. If I can take the pan off without lifting the engine since I dont have a lift than id be more than happy to just replace it.
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