LS1 - Part 9: Oil Pan Removal

The first thing we did in removing the oil pan was removing the oil filter. Make sure the motor is upside-down, and then all you do is stab it with a screwdriver (be careful with oil spilling out of it), and using the screwdriver as a lever to turn the oil filter counterclockwise. It just screws off.


Next, with a 10mm socket, remove all of the bolts that go all the way around the oil pan. These are circled in green in the pic below. The bolt that's circled in white in the pic below does NOT need to be removed in order to remove the oil pan, so i just left that on.


Now just yank it off. You might have to squeeze a gasket scraper in between the oil pan and the block to help pry it off. There also might be an oil pan gasket in between the oil pan and the block. Once you get the oil pan and gasket off, you will be able to see the oil deflector and the oil pump screen:



I removed the oil pump screen first. Just use a 10mm socket on the bolts circled in white in the pic above, and it will come right off. Then just use the 10mm socket on the bolts going all the way around the oil deflector, circled in green in the pic above. Once you get the oil deflector off, you'll now be able to get a good look at the crankshaft and piston connecting rods:



We'll now be able to pull the pistons out soon. But first, we're going to remove the camshaft, which is what I'll be talking about next.