Oil Pan Leaking?

[Livebai8]

I did a search already, but there was not too much info to go on. I crawled under my Tahoe after noticing oils spots in my drive way and after the local Firestone shop told me it was leaking. After looking, I couldnt really tell how to remove it. Mine is a 02 4x4. Can anyone shed some light on what I need to do? I will be doing the oil change myself, so I might as well do the gasket. By the way, there are oil trail and drops on my filter, and around the hold case, but not from the drain area. I made sure the filter wasn't to loose or tight. it seems fine. thanks for any help you can give.

---------- Post added at 02:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:03 PM ----------

Wow!!! "Higherstone" just quoted me $474/ four hours to change my oil pan gasket. I sure hope you fellas can give me some pointers on doing this myself.

 

[blueflamed03]

was it leaking before your trip into the shop?

 

[Livebai8]

Not that I was aware of. I was outside watching and when he lifted it and was doing his inspection, he called me over to tell me it was an issue. I wen tohome afterward and found a spot or two on the drive way where I park. Now I notice it everywhere I park. Reminds me of '65 Beetle!!!

 

[blueflamed03]

wow...not good, I hate any leaks...

 

[Livebai8]

yeah, me too. I just finished my water pump install several weeks ago, now this. I'm going to try the cheap route first, and get under there and tighten up the bolts, and recheck the filter tightness, then see what happens after I clean everything up. Again, its not puddling anywhere, but there a couple of drip spots half dollar size.

 

[slow07]

Prob not your pan

I had the same issue on my truck. It was the oil cooler line block *above the filter. Gasket was 6 bucks and fixed all the leaks.

 

[tarheelsfan2000]

slow07 do you have a part number for the gasket you are talking about? Because what you just said sounds like the problem I am having.