Hi guys,
I took my car into the shop because my car was leaking oil bad. So they told me that my oil pan front and back gaskets and oil cooler gaskets are leaking. So I was wondering how hard it is to change them my self because I dont have 1k to have the shop fix it. Any advice I would be greatly aprreciated.
Thanks
Nick

 

Ok well i just researched and found out that the oil cooler is just an o ring so that isnt that bad. I just need to no how to change the upper and lower oil pan gaskets. If someone can let me know what I am looking at it would be greatly appreciated.

 

There are no upper and lower, or front and back oil pan gaskets. Your engine oil pan, the black one with the drain plug on it, is secured by 10 bolts, and has a grey silicone as a gasket (the same one that you buy at your local parts store, i.e. Ultra Grey, in the tube), and the upper pan, also referred to as the skirt, is also secured by bolts and grey silicone. The only pan on your car that would have a gasket is the transmission pan, if it is an auto trans.

 

I know this thread is 4 months old, but if someone is doing a search I just changed the gasket on the lower oil pan. It had silicone, but I replaced with an atual gasket for AutoZone for about $10. It is easy to do and stopped the oil leak. The hardest part is getting all of the old silicone off the block and the pan.