oil pan drop in a TJ - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

BigPerm · 03-09-2004, 08:01 AM

Hi.

I'm looking for a decent writeup on dropping the oil pan and changing the oil pump out in a '97 TJ SE.

I went to do it last weekend, but I saw the exhaust being in the way, that I would have to remove the pan and probably destroy the rear main seal, etc... so I said, "not now" I need some good instructions on this job.

Can anyone assist? I did do a search but I didn't find anything I was looking for (searched on "oil pan" and "rear main seal").

Thanks for the help!

P&T Jeeps · 03-09-2004, 08:24 AM

It's not a big deal at all. the exhaust makes it tight but the pan will slide out. to make it a little easier unbolt where the headers bolt up to the exhaust, it'll give you a bit more slack to work w/.

SlowMo · 03-09-2004, 12:21 PM

If the exhaust is in the way I'm assuming you've got the 6 cyl. I helped a buddy replace his oil pan a few weeks ago (The drain plug had found it's way into a rock

). We unbolted the exhaust from the manifold and had to drop the T-case skid plate in order to get the pan out. It wasn't too bad except that 3 of the 4 exhaust bolts snapped off when we were torqing them off. I'd suggest having 4 new ones ready to go before you start. You'll also need some new pan gaskets. I suppose you could use Permatex, but it might be kind of a pain.

03-09-2004, 08:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
BigPerm Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Member # 24124 Location: O'fallon, Missouri (suburbs of St. Louis) Posts: 52	oil pan drop in a TJ Hi. I'm looking for a decent writeup on dropping the oil pan and changing the oil pump out in a '97 TJ SE. I went to do it last weekend, but I saw the exhaust being in the way, that I would have to remove the pan and probably destroy the rear main seal, etc... so I said, "not now" I need some good instructions on this job. Can anyone assist? I did do a search but I didn't find anything I was looking for (searched on "oil pan" and "rear main seal"). Thanks for the help! __________________ Good? Bad? I'm the one with the gun.

03-09-2004, 08:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
P&T Jeeps Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2001 Member # 3916 Location: south Posts: 2,826	It's not a big deal at all. the exhaust makes it tight but the pan will slide out. to make it a little easier unbolt where the headers bolt up to the exhaust, it'll give you a bit more slack to work w/. __________________ TJ; ARB'd & ChroMo'd 1-tons; 42" IROK's; Atlas 4.3; 4-linked, 106" WB... The Build

03-09-2004, 12:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
SlowMo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Member # 26623 Location: Cameron Park, CA Posts: 526	If the exhaust is in the way I'm assuming you've got the 6 cyl. I helped a buddy replace his oil pan a few weeks ago (The drain plug had found it's way into a rock ). We unbolted the exhaust from the manifold and had to drop the T-case skid plate in order to get the pan out. It wasn't too bad except that 3 of the 4 exhaust bolts snapped off when we were torqing them off. I'd suggest having 4 new ones ready to go before you start. You'll also need some new pan gaskets. I suppose you could use Permatex, but it might be kind of a pain. __________________ This Jeep sponsered by the IRS and my tax refund.

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