I was just about to change my oil pan gasket in the couple of hours I have between classes and it looks like I might need to remove front suspension to reach back bolts . Is this the case? '93 Loyale...someone please help me! thanks

Oil pans back bolts are a pain even with Leagacies. At least there were access holes on my car (96 Brighton) but I had to enlarge them with a Dremel and even then I had trouble putting the back bolts back without cross threading them.

A friend mechanic helped with the gasket replacement on my former 92 Loyale and I'm almost sure he slacked the motor mounts and jacked up the engine about an inch to be able to reach the back bolts.

That's the limit of the help i can give you.

Good luck!

Yes sir!

 

You have to loosen the engine mounts and lift the engine up. This also helps get the pan around the oil pump suction pipe!

RockRaptor5, in case you choose to use the «jack up the engine method», it might be useful for you to know more precisely what this friend mechanic did.

We had the car on a lift - but this should be possible on jack stands also - and he used a big crow bar to lift the engine (not more than an inch) after loosening the mounts. I think he put a block of wood or something similar between the engine and the cross member to hold the engine up while he took care of the pan's back bolts.

Hope that helps.

thanks a bunch for the replies...i finally pulled me head out of my bum and used a 1/4 inch drive w/a long extension and a universal joint to reach those back bolts...all was well after that...thanks for the help just the same...

If 93 is still an EA82 motor, get one of those pivot head rachet extentions

I got all by back bolts out on my ea82 with that and a 8 inch extention