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Old May 8, 2011 | 11:59 AM
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Jack up the car, drain the oil, remove the oil level sensor, remove the pan bolts and lower it. however, this assumes you don't have a engine mount on the pan and the pan is clear to drop it. Otherwise it'* going to take a bit more effort.
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lol it probably would considering I just use floor jacks.. I HATE using floor jacks, the oil pan is clear from what I can see, I just dont know where the sensors and such are, then again I haven't really looked.. I jsut notice that my oil pressure likes to drop real low occasionally while stopped at like a stop light.. I just put 10W in yesterday and noticed it drop way down later in the day at a light.. Also While I was draining the oil I noticed the pan was caked in oil+dirt and I thought well that seal must be leaking and causing my pressure to drop.
Old May 8, 2011 | 12:00 PM
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Ask and you shall receive! I'm sure Dan has a little something floating around on how to swap the gasket out. He'* got more car pictures of the insides of his car than most little girls have one armed face shots on facebook.
Old May 8, 2011 | 12:01 PM
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You do know you don't go under a car unless you have jack stands.
Old May 8, 2011 | 12:02 PM
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Yep, sounds like it'* time to pick up a set of hydrolics. I've got two, a big and a little.
Old May 8, 2011 | 12:16 PM
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im not THAT stupid sheesh... I jack it up and put jack stands under always, plus block the wheels (learned that the hard way), I would just prefer to use a lift
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I don't assume anything when people work on cars, that'* how people get hurt.
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yea my mom worrys ALOT anytime im under it because my uncle had a transmission fall on him while under a car and crushed his ribcage he lived from it but it wasnt a good experience.. She likes to randomly send my dad out but by the time he comes out im usually done LOL
Old May 8, 2011 | 12:28 PM
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They have a word for what that is. My wife sends one of the kids out every now and then. My son yells if I don't have a jack stand under the car. I keep telling him jack stand are for when you jack it up, and you can't use them when you use ramps.
Old May 8, 2011 | 12:30 PM
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lmao just set one under there to keep him quiet, I wish I could use ramps but my car is a lowrider :P


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