DIY Request: Oil Pan Removal

conrad325i · 05-11-2013, 02:58 PM

My freaking oil plug stripped and I need to remove the oil pan. How do I drop the subframe, etc? HELP

Ph0zenstone · 05-13-2013, 12:00 AM

Have you tried Time-Sert?

Oil pan replacement will cost over $1K all said and done

conrad325i · 05-26-2013, 11:40 AM

Yeah it turned out that the bolt itself had double threaded giving the illusion that the pan had been stripped. However, I was able to run a tap up in there and the threads seemed fine so I tried best as able to clean up the threads on the old bolt an dealt with a leak till the new bolt came in. It turns out that the old bolt wasn't even the right bolt to begin with so somewhere down the line my cars OE bolt had been stripped and a replacement found with the same tread size and head size. However, OEM BMW bolts are about 1/4 inch longer overall. I drained my oil, put the new bolt in, then poured my oil back in and all is now well. id post a picture of the bolts but I don't care enough to mess with it right now.

05-11-2013, 02:58 PM	#1
conrad325i Private First Class 13 Rep 162 Posts Drives: 2008 335i Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Knoxville, TN iTrader: (0)	DIY Request: Oil Pan Removal My freaking oil plug stripped and I need to remove the oil pan. How do I drop the subframe, etc? HELP __________________ \| H&R Coilovers \|ApexArc-8s\| M3 ControlArms \| RogueTransMounts \| AFEDualCone \| ERChargePipe \| TialBOV \| ETSIntercooler \| 335isClutch \| BMSCatchCan \| UUC EVO3 SSK \| MichelinPSS \| CobbAP \| JB4 \|
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05-13-2013, 12:00 AM	#2
Ph0zenstone Major General 347 Rep 5,370 Posts Drives: 2018 530e X-Drive Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY iTrader: (74)	Have you tried Time-Sert? Oil pan replacement will cost over $1K all said and done
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05-26-2013, 11:40 AM	#3
conrad325i Private First Class 13 Rep 162 Posts Drives: 2008 335i Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Knoxville, TN iTrader: (0)	Yeah it turned out that the bolt itself had double threaded giving the illusion that the pan had been stripped. However, I was able to run a tap up in there and the threads seemed fine so I tried best as able to clean up the threads on the old bolt an dealt with a leak till the new bolt came in. It turns out that the old bolt wasn't even the right bolt to begin with so somewhere down the line my cars OE bolt had been stripped and a replacement found with the same tread size and head size. However, OEM BMW bolts are about 1/4 inch longer overall. I drained my oil, put the new bolt in, then poured my oil back in and all is now well. id post a picture of the bolts but I don't care enough to mess with it right now. __________________ \| H&R Coilovers \|ApexArc-8s\| M3 ControlArms \| RogueTransMounts \| AFEDualCone \| ERChargePipe \| TialBOV \| ETSIntercooler \| 335isClutch \| BMSCatchCan \| UUC EVO3 SSK \| MichelinPSS \| CobbAP \| JB4 \|
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