OEM Ford Five Hundred Oil Pan

Ford Five Hundred Oil Pan Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Oil Pan
  5F9Z-6675-AA
  Q: How to service and repair the oil pan on Ford Five Hundred?

  A: Begin pan oil servicing and repairing by securely placing the car in NEUTRAL position on a hoist. Start by taking off the front Catalytic Converter followed by the two bolts which anchor the front catalytic converter bracket. Reinstall the drain plug after draining engine oil while tightening it to 19 ft. lbs (26 Nm). The process starts with removing the oil filter before extracting the torque converter lower inspection cover. The service begins with removing both bolts from the oil pan-to-transaxle connection point along with the oil filter adapter-to-oil pan bolt. The next step requires the removal of fifteen bolts which keep the oil pan in place before trashing the gasket. The installation of the new oil pan requires the use of a plastic scraping tool instead of metal scrapers to clean surfaces and metal surface cleaner for complete cleaning of all sealing areas. Any specified areas should receive 10 mm diameter (0.39 inch) silicone sealant before placing the new gasket oil pan with temporary bolt and stud bolt installation. Then install all oil pan-to-transaxle bolts while torquing them to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.) before performing a sequential bolt tightening of oil pan-to-engine bolts to 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.). The oil filter adapter-to-oil pan bolt requires tightening to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.) after it reaches 90 degrees of rotation. Install a new oil filter while tightening it to 16 Nm (12 ft. lbs.) before placing the front catalytic converter bracket and tightening its two bolts to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.). After installation of a new front catalytic converter you must add new clean engine oil.