Hey guys. Did the headlight adjuster fix and installed HIDs a month or so ago. Then the weather got bad and I just got around to putting the front bumper cover back on today. I had 3 screws to go in the front where the plastic "skid plate attaches to the bumper cover, and I needed a little more ground clearance. Slid the jack under without paying attention to where it was...

Jacked it up a little and out comes the oil. All of it. All over my driveway. What am I looking at to replace the oil pan? I could throw up.

 

Awww Matty, so sorry to hear about your misfortune buddy.

Are you looking for an idea of cost or a "how to" for replacing it?

 

Wow that sucks and a new one from the dealer installed is going to be around $1000-1300.
http://www.thepartsbin.com/catalog/?...guar&md=X-Type
http://www.partshotlines.com/?phl=se...ch_id=35604723
http://www.fixya.com/cars/t12231038-...lts_3_0_x_type

 

Depending on how bad it is damaged you may be able to have it welded.
On the bright side it would give you a chance to repair any oil leaks.

Pete.

 

I didn't think of that, Pete. I've been afraid to look.

I found a used one on eBay that I can get for $125 shipped from the UK. How feasible is it that I can do the labor myself (or with some moderately handy friends)?

 

Removing the oil pan to repair oil leaks is a constant theme in this
site. In short there are two ways of doing it; the proper way is
to remove the engine and seperate the engine from the transmission.
This allows the oil pan to be removed easily.

The other way it to try to do it in the car. Apparently there is one
bolt blocked by a part of the transmission housing. Removing this
bolt is necessary to get the oil pan off. Some people cut the
transmission housing away so as to expose the bolt. They can
then get all the bolts out and remove the oil pan. People have
said that cutting the transmission housing weekens the transmission.

I have an oil leak. In view of the two choices I have chosen to
live with it. You do not have that luxury.

Pete.

 

Fatty Matty, if this were to have happened to me, I would buy a used oil pan from here: Oil Pan Sump Jaguar x Type 2 5L C2S43269 02 03 04 05 06 07 | eBay or try car-part.com. You will need a new gasket too but as discussed before, the hardest part is getting to the bolt. There are a couple members on here that have informed us that it is possible to remove this last bolt without drilling through the transfer case and without removing the engine. They have done this by cutting, welding, and essentially destroying a ratcheting wrench to get it to fit in the tight space required to get that last bolt out.

Good luck! Remember that car-part.com, ebay, and rockauto.com will really come in handy when trying to source your parts at a discount.

 

Disguay, that one will fit my 3.0 as well? I didn't see that one on ebay, but I had 3.0 in my search. The one you posted is closer and cheaper.

My buddy's mechanic asked if it was a one piece or two piece pan. The pics I've seen are of one piece so I'm hoping that's the only piece. He says the only way he'll do it is if it's a one piece pan. Some Jags have a two piece pan, apparently?

 

They are 1 piece, I left some links in the pose above.

 

Thanks, GMan. I'm sure I should have known that but my faux pas yesterday has me doubting virtually everything now.

 

Fatty Matty and jagger,

I thought that I read in one forum that the 2.5 has the bolt blockage and the 3.0 doesn't. Not sure about this, since a Ford mechanic told me the cylinders are just different sizes (the increase in .5L) and everyting else is the same.

If you go the cut the transaxle way to remove the last bolt, just make sure you only cut the bolt housing section. You can make a metal sleeve and place it in the cut out section, if you are worried about the strength.

Attached is a picture of the section I cut out.

Sorry and good luck,

 

Hi
Sorry to hear of your woes, my 2.5 has a small leak and I took it to my local garage who deal with mainly jags, anyway they said to replace the pan gasket the transmission needs to be removed I would have thought that anyone replacing or removing the oil pan would just opt to remove the transmission anyway instead of cutting chunks out of their cars seems dangerous to me weakening structure. Just my option

 

Jeeves (or anyone who knows)-If I make this cut can I drop the pan with the motor in the car? Subframe drop?

 

wesmc2 - You can drop the pan without taking anything else out of the way. You'll need to work it a little to get the pan out. It still is a tight fit on the trans side.

Becareful when you make this cut. A little at time is always better. I actually drilled through the trans bolt housing first, then cut out the rest. I accidently cut the pan and had it welded back up. Still cheaper than the $1,800 we were quoted.

I tried doing taking it out the proper way, but I couldn't reach a bolt holding the exhaust on. Then I notice it was only the bolt housing part of the trans blocking the pan bolt.

 

Suggest checking the other threads on this list before doing anything.

As I've learned on other threads there seem to be 4 ways to get to the hidden bolt:

1) drop the transfer case;
2) drill a hole through the T-case;
3) cut off part of the T-Case; and
4) bend an open-ended wrench so that it can be fitted in and loosen the bolt.

Some people have successfully used the bent-wrench approach and not had to damage the T-Case. Suggest finding that thread and asking those folks...
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Jaguar - it's not an automobile, it's a Motorcar

 

Remove the T.C. is involve a lots of work. You can make a special tool out of 13mm wren, but the bolt is too long you can't turn it all the way out. Easiest way is to drill a hole through TC bracket using 7/8 hole saw.