Re: E30 oil pan gasket replacement

["Eric M. Hunt" <bmw1@xxxxxxxx>]

On 10/15/01 10:13 AM, "Peter Cain" <cain@domain.elided> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:04:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Peter <f1_rennsport@domain.elided>
> Subject: E30 Help Needed (oil pan gasket replacement)
> 
> Peter,
>  Having done exactly the same job to replace the oil pan gasket on my
> 325is recently I can tell you that the job is not quick and easy, so the
> quotes you got may not have been out of line. Anyway, you need to do all
> these things before the pan will come off:
> 1) Raise the engine as much as possible. I didn't need to loosen the
> motor mounts.
> 2) Take off the bottom part of bellhousing at the back of the oil pan (I
> had to loosen the fastenings of the anti-roll bar to do this)
> 3) Remove all of the oil pan bolts
> 4) Unbolt the oil pump while it is inside the oil pan and let it drop
> (carefully) into the pan. You will have about 1 inch of space on each
> side because the pan drops down only about that much. TAKE CAREFUL NOTE
> of how the pump comes out. It has a drive shaft that is at a funny angle
> and it must go in at the same angle when you put it back. Also there are
> little fiber washers at each end of this shaft and they are brittle and
> easily broken (ask me how I know!).
> 5) Remove the oil level sending fitting inside the oil pan using a big
> adjustable wrench...

I tackled the task some time ago and must agree it is a real pain.  I just
wanted to get a consensus on the purpose of the fiber washers.

Eric
87 325ic

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