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Not sure if anyone has already created a thread to remove a cobalt oil pan. It looks fairly easy but it'd be cool if somebody posted a few tips on removing it. I've got instructions in a Haynes manual but it's black and white and not very detailed. Someone post a how to
It actually is super easy on this car. Just drain the oil and make sure you remove EVERY bolt. First time I took off my oil pan I thought I had every bolt out but didn't and was prying on it hard and marred up the flange. Not what you want to do. There are some bolts that can be sort of hidden if you aren't looking at it at the right angle. With the illustration HGT posted that should make it a little easier, at least to get a count. They don't make an oil pan gasket for this car so I always just used a light coat of Permatex "Right Stuff". Make sure to take care when applying gasket maker round the oil pump pickup. If you don't use enough you won't have a good seal but if you use too much it can ooze in and partially block of the passage.
HGT's post was very helpful. I've only done it on an engine that was already out of the car, but just be glad there aren't any subframe members or axles in the way.
The post I did was for 08-10.
If you have a supercharger the heat exchanger pump has to be removed as the bracket bolts to the pan. Maybe put in your sig what you have.
goodness i was going to ask but i wasn't going to pry. don't take your oil pan off just for kicks and giggles. it's sealed on. you're going to make a bad seal and give yourself a bad time.
besides, there's nothing to see. I'd imagine you want to look at the cool spinny bits but there's another part in the way. You're setting yourself up for disappointment in many ways.
I agree with exninja that is a lot to mess with just for ***** and giggles. If you want to cool spinny bits as ningja says I would just pull of the valve cover. You can see a lot more and the gasket is reusable so you can just bolt it back on when you are done. Can take the valve cover off and have it back on in under 10 minutes if you wanted. But with the oil pan you will have to take the time to clean up all the flanges so they will seal, buy a can of gasket maker, as well as run the risk of not properly sealing up your oil pickup which could have catastrophic consequences. Not worth it at all. Here is a picture of all you could see.
I've had the vc off a few times. I was just thinking about doing it because I had a bit of knock at the track in the summer. Just to put my mind at ease that's all. I've got gasket maker but I know I'd have to scrape the old gasket off and make sure to put a perfect bead all the way around.
You have any type of trap door oil pan or anything? I know these cars can get oil starved on long sweeping corners and some people have even spun bearings because of it. Definitely something to look into if you take hard corners with your car.
