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today I'm going to show you how to
replace a leaky oil pan gasket on your
car now the first thing you want to
check is to see if it's actually the oil pan
gasket that's leaking because oil often
drips down by gravity and it can leak
on the bottom but that might not be
where the leaks coming from. now this
case it's dripping here at the pan and
when you look up on the top you can see
there it's all dry on the top so it's
not leaking from the top down it's
actually the oil pan gasket that's
leaking so the first thing we do is take
the oil drain plug out and get the oil
out so we don't make a mess just put a
pan on the bottom
take out the bolt and out goes the oil
then when most of the oil is out just
put the plug back in so it won't drip
because it'll drip for hours sometimes
Then we unbolt all of the bolts that hold
the pan and there's a whole bunch of
them and in some cases these bolts hard
to get to this is a plastic cover so
here we get a screwdriver and you take
the cover off so then you can access
these bolts and get to them easier to
get them off and often some of the bolts
are hard to get to so you can get a
little ratchet like this with a little
socket so it fits in tight spaces better
to get them off like this, it fits in
there and you can pull on it now once
you sure you have all the bolts off
you're going to find sometimes it's
tricky because in the case of this
Toyota the pan is actually glued on we
have to break the bond of the glue to
get the pan off and here's how you can
do it so you get yourself a skinny a
little pry bar like this there's a thin
head that will fit right onto the oil
pan and then you can break the seal
loose and get the pan off you get the
pry bar between the glue and the pan on
you pull on and then it starts to come
off and then off comes the pan and as
you can see this oil pan doesn't have a
gasket it's just glue so we got to clean
all this glue off which is a giant pain
basically get a scraper and just start
scraping it all off and of course go on
to the car and scrape all the gasket off
that's on the top of the engine too, get
all that clean now you're not going to
get it perfect but you notice
you see all the black pan in the middle
where the gasket goes you want to get
that section all perfectly clean because
that's where it's going to seal and you
know what the gasket to fall off so put
a little sealer around the lip and then
put the gasket on and let it sit for
about half an hour to dry so it doesn't
slip when you put it back on I use a
three on black weather stripping it
works pretty here because it dries fast
you just put a little bead the whole way
around and as you can see it'll hold the
gasket in place it's not to really seal
it much it's mainly to make it not slip
when you bolt it back on that's why you
wait about half an hour for it to dry so
it won't slip as you're putting it back
on then place the oil pan on and a
couple of starter bolts started so it
stays in place and one on the other side
so it stays off while you're putting the
rest of them in and here's a trick just
use your hand and get them finger tight
first then go back later with the
ratchet and put them on snug then you get
the ratchet with a socket and put them
on and you want to get them nice and
snug in this case it's 80-inch pounds if
you're using a torque wrench but most
guys don't use a torque wrench
they just make them snug and leave it at
that and of course don't forget to fill
the engine back up with oil you don't
want to blow the engine up so the next
time your oil pan gasket is leaking why
not replace it yourself and remember if
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