Hello all, I am new to the LR community but have been wrenching for over 30 years...


I am chasing a water leak and have gone from a new water pump to doing the whole timing chain/oil pump/timing cover route. I have everything loose but the oil pan will not come off the engine. I have removed all of the bolts from the bottom, 3 nuts from the front, and 4 from the oil pan side going into the tranny, and the two from the tranny side going into the oil pan.


I have gotten several scrapers into the sides of the pan, have a small flat bar on the front and can move the front of the pan down about 1/4-3/8".


I have tried heat (1100 degree air gun) to all of the areas I can reach but I am stumped. The RAVE makes it seem simple...... Is there something I am missing? Do I need to get a torch up towards the back?


Thanks for your assistance...


2004 disco II SE7 Trail Edition.... Lifted and other things not discovered yet....

 

Are you sure you got all the bolts? Couple of deep ones at back.

 

Ok, after re-looking at the RAVE and some other images of pans removed, I may have missed the two rear bolts going up from the pan into the block.... back out to the driveway.... Thanks dusty1....

 

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Common issue, as they are pretty hard to see

 

Did you get the two hidden bolts towards the rear. Lay on your back and look into the two crevices, they're hiding in there. I initially missed them too my first time.

 

Phew, close call .............. it could have cost you a new sump pan

If unsure consult the RAVE manual .................. often works out cheaper in the end ...................... I speak from costly experience of too many rushed jobs

 

Woohoo pan is off... working in the driveway in the shade makes it kinda difficult to see up there. Had to remove the drag link, the PO used the wrong bolts on one side of the cross member then stripped them, and one I believe is even welded (of course, I started on the other side... ) Timing cover is off and the oil pump was broken into 5 pieces... took some pictures and will do them up on a different thread...


Thanks again...

 

It would also help if the RAVE told you they were there, they kind of left two out in there bolt count.

 

Very good point.... I had thought I was really misreading it somehow. It would not be the first mistake I have come across in repair/tech manuals...

 

" I had thought I was really misreading it somehow "


Don't feel bad, I think that is the only way to read RAVE.