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Originally Posted by Biotour
whats involved in removing the oil pan? do i need a gasket to reinstall it? i guess i could always just drain the oil into a clean container and then pour it back into the engine when im done
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There is a gasket there and the Oil Pan bolts on mine are Allen Head Bolts. On my 300D it does not look like there are major problems to remove the small Oil Pan. I do not know how reusable the Pan Gasket is.
If it was me I would wait to buy the new Oil Pan Gasket after I knew there was
no metal in the Oil Pan. Because, if I found metal in the Pan I would not drive the Car and risk more damge until I decided what I was going to do.
What ever you put the New Drained Oil into it might be a good idea to inspect the bottom of that container also to see of any meta fragments
got carried into the New Oil when it was drained.
If you can hear the thumping at idle speeds listen up by the area of the Vacuum pump. I use a 2-3 foot section of a cut off wooden Broom Stick with one end on the part an 1 end by me ear to listen for things (watch out for moving parts like the Fan and the Belts and so forth).