Upper Oil Pan will not come off. No matter what.

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04-13-2011, 07:39 PM

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Upper Oil Pan will not come off. No matter what.

I swear there are no more bolts holding my upper oil pan on, but it still WILL NOT come off. It comes off a little bit in the front but toward the tranny it wont budge...please help

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04-14-2011, 03:08 AM

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Did you remove the 2 bolts that screw into the rear main seal?

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04-14-2011, 07:03 AM

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Where are these rear main seal bolts located?

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04-14-2011, 07:15 AM

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Here is a PDF

Look at page 17-8 item 4, 2x M8

They screw into the bottom of the RMS

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04-14-2011, 09:33 AM

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Try what Texas Twin T said and if it still doesn't come off you might need to use a large flat screw driver and pry it apart.

If there was some previous work done that required the removal of the oil pan the tech or whoever it was may not have used the correct sealant and basically glued the oil pan on.

Jason