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Oil pan gasket replacement

8.4K views 22 replies 15 participants last post by  4aceman  
Oil pan gasket is pretty easy to change of you have a jack, jackstands, and basic sockets and wrenches. A few e-torx bolts too I think. Torque wrench is highly recommended too.

I went from below. You'll have to jack up the car, unbolt the bottom of the engine mounts, then remove the reinforcement plate. From here you should put an engine support brace from above the vehicle and raise it an inch or 2, then you can place a jack under the subframe and remove the four bolts holding the subframe to the chassis. You might have to remove sway bar, sway bar links, and lower control arm bushings as well, it's been a while since I did it.

The most difficult part about the gasket swap was honestly lining everything back up when reattaching the subframe. The actual head gasket swap was the easy part.

If you have the means, definitely diy it.