My 1998 S500 recently started leaking oil from around the oil pan. I looked under to see if I could replace it myself. Half of the bolts are hidden under a small part of the frame. Does anyone know how to get to those bolts or have a procedure to follow in order to replace the oil pan gasket?

Thanks.

The tech manual says to raise the front of engine up a few inches to get access.

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'97 S320 (LWB), Ruby Red Metallic, 73k miles
'97 S420V, Smoke Silver Metallic, 155k miles

its much more involved than that. TO get at the oil sump you a lot more than raise the engine a few inches. Some how my previous post got deleted and the pdf file for removing the oil sump from m119 in a w140 got lost with it.

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

How do I go about raising the front of the engine? Sorry if if I am asking too much.

i have pdf file that tells you how to get at the oil sump in a m119 in a w140 which I kindly posted up here but got deleted, but I can email it to you.

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

I'm sorry but I don't understand what is a oil sump. The small looking pan on the bottom is what seems to be leaking. Know what is it is that I need to go about doing to replace? I'm so used to working on my 1980 300D that I feel stuck in this situation now..lol

ok 20 in the picture is the oil sump and 20a oil sump gasket so oil sump=oil pan.

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)