Oil Pan Gasket - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

DZNTS · 09-19-2006, 10:45 PM

Hey all,

I have an oil leak from the bottom of the engine and my mechanic suspects that it is the oil pan. I would like to replace it myself but have never done it before. Is this a fairly easy task? Any other things I should consider other that buying a new gasket?

Thanks for all the input.

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Cammoe · 09-20-2006, 12:50 AM

What year model is your car?

Pineapple · 09-20-2006, 09:01 AM

Don't need new gasket, remove old one and use silicone.
You'll need to drop center cross member to get the oilpan out. Not hard, just messy. Make sure you put silicone right on the tranny side. Take note on how the oil gasket/seal goes.

DZNTS · 09-20-2006, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cammoe

What year model is your car?

hehe. sorry i should have specified.

it's a 1990 GTS. 2.2 Ltr. 5SFE Engine?

Cammoe · 09-20-2006, 05:25 PM

Also on the topic of things to remove... I just did mine on my car be very gentle on the ten millimeter bolts on the pan, they break like woo. I you have the 5sfe you will also need to disconnect the front section of the exhaust (from the header to the cat.) It's not to bad just make sure you retorque the crossmember back to specs, because if your car is like mine then the last idiot who did it probably put it on with an impact and it is going to be a pain to remove. Goodluck and let me know how that goes!

Cutsman · 09-20-2006, 06:20 PM

Yeah that shouldnt be too much trouble...go to a toyota store and ask for FIPG. its what we use for all oil seals. 00295-00103 i think is the part number.

fredk · 09-20-2006, 07:00 PM

be sure its the pan before you do it

flip3d · 09-21-2006, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by fredk

be sure its the pan before you do it

Yeah, when I had my camry, I thought it was the pan but it turned out to be the cam, crank, and oil pump seal

DZNTS · 09-21-2006, 04:57 PM

by the way, here's some more 411. it only leaks when the engine is warm. and it leaks from the bottom, i don't see any oil from the top. it's leaking bad as i see a trail of oil drops when i'm at parking lots. i refill about a litre of oil every 40 kms or so.

i haven't taken anything out yet, i just had the car on stands and drained the oil.

thanks to all the replies btw

fredk · 09-21-2006, 07:47 PM

sounds like the oil pump, get the timing cover off and put the pulley back on and clean it up with brake clean and run it

alltracman78 · 09-24-2006, 07:45 AM

You need to clean the entire area, run it, get under there, and look for leaks.