Oil Pan removal
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Oil Pan removal
Hi All
I took over my son's 1990 f-250 Custom with the 5.8 L EFI. The harmonic balancer had come apart and put a hole in the timing chain cover. I have the new parts and am set to install but I'd like to take the oil pan off and clean it out. Does the oil pan come off easily or do you have to remove other items to get it to come off?
I took over my son's 1990 f-250 Custom with the 5.8 L EFI. The harmonic balancer had come apart and put a hole in the timing chain cover. I have the new parts and am set to install but I'd like to take the oil pan off and clean it out. Does the oil pan come off easily or do you have to remove other items to get it to come off?
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It's a decent amount of work to remove the oil pan in the truck. You will have to loosen several things (exhaust, motor/transmission mounts, etc....others can tell you exactly what must be done) to allow the engine to raise a couple of inches, enough to drop the pan, remove the oil pickup and slide the pan out of the truck. If you can get away with not removing the pan, it may prove to be slightly easier.
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I haven't done it......but....reading here......it's a b***h.
My understanding is you have to loosen motor mounts and raise the motors as much as you can......then loosen the pan and let it drop down and THEN slide your hand in to loosen the oil pump and let it drop.....Then the pan will come off.
Not something I'm even going to try.
Others that have done it will chip in soon......Maybe some new ideas.
Good Luck
Bob
I haven't done it......but....reading here......it's a b***h.
My understanding is you have to loosen motor mounts and raise the motors as much as you can......then loosen the pan and let it drop down and THEN slide your hand in to loosen the oil pump and let it drop.....Then the pan will come off.
Not something I'm even going to try.
Others that have done it will chip in soon......Maybe some new ideas.
Good Luck
Bob
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I did it on my Bronco many years ago to replace the main and rod bearings. You need to take the fan off, then jack up the motor enough to put a short 2x4 between each motor mount and the crossmember. Then take out all the oil pan bolts and let it hang. Now the hard part - you must reach over the side and remove the oil pump and pickup and just let them drop into the pan. Then you can slide the pan out the back.
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Do all of the above.I took the pan in my 5.0 out to replace the gasket.What a witch.take the motor and tranny mounts completely loose.....pulls the fan or just take the shroud loose(I broke mine...ticked)do like they said with the pump....but the hardest part ....IMO was remounting the pump....specially when the pump driveshaft comes out...sometimes you can dab a lil grease on the shaft and shove it up there and it'll stay...get the truck up as high as you can...you're gonna need the space.And Chilton's says you gotta pull the intakes off....HA!Good Luck.
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I'm looking to replace an oil pan on an '89 E-350. Similar process for that one? Loosen bolts, raise engine a bit and the pan has room to drop? Looks like there might be enough room...
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don't know about a van, but I just did it on my bronco and yeah you'll need all the room you can get and them some, you will have to drop the pump to get the pan down
with EFI I would definitely either pull the upper manifold, or remove the hood
take your time, and good luck.
EDIT check/replace your rear main while your there
with EFI I would definitely either pull the upper manifold, or remove the hood
take your time, and good luck.
EDIT check/replace your rear main while your there
Last edited by dragogt; Sep 7, 2007 at 08:48 PM.
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Thanks for all the advise. I'm not going to do it. I'm a little concerned that when the harmonic balancer broke through the timing chain cover some debris went into the pan. Hopefully the filters will do their job and the stuff will just sit there.
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From: SE of Bennett Colorado
89 F250, 460, C6 Auto, EFI, 4x4
Doing the pan really isn't all that hard. (I'm about to embark on my second time. First was rear seal, now a new pan install.)
A trick for the disty shaft:
1. Stick the shaft up into the disty.
2. Wrap one end of a rubber band onto the end of the shaft (high enough so pump can go on.)
3. Hook the other end of the rubber band to 'something' on the front of the engine.
The pressure will keep the shaft up there forever.
4. Carefully cut/remove the rubber band once the pump bolts are well started.
Doing the pan really isn't all that hard. (I'm about to embark on my second time. First was rear seal, now a new pan install.)
A trick for the disty shaft:
1. Stick the shaft up into the disty.
2. Wrap one end of a rubber band onto the end of the shaft (high enough so pump can go on.)
3. Hook the other end of the rubber band to 'something' on the front of the engine.
The pressure will keep the shaft up there forever.
4. Carefully cut/remove the rubber band once the pump bolts are well started.
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I'm going to save that one. If this truck goes well enough maybe I'll revisit the oil pan in the future. I just don't have the facilities at the moment to do this type of work. Any comments in general on the 1990 f-250 with the 5.8 L EFI engine?