I changed my oil right now and once all the oil had drained out i saw that there was 2 loose nuts that had washed up to the drain hole and just sitting there... i tryed to touch em to see what it was and they fell back in ... theyre to big to just fall out so ima have to drop my oil pan out and clean it out and take whatever loose bolts r in there... how in the world did those end up in there?.... well anyways i was tryna find out if this is somthing thats an emergency and i shouldnt drive the car at all until i do this or can i drive it around till the weekend when i can do this?.... what would u guys do? is this an emergency or just do it when i have the time?

 

oh and what all will i need to do this ? is this an easy task? my guess is that it is... just loosen all those nuts or bolts and it should drop right down am i right?...clean it out and whatever and then just put a new gasket and tighten it right back up?.... am i correct.. never done this before so info would help

 

do NOT, i repeat, DO NOT drive it without figuring out what those bolts are. for all you know they could be (and most likely are) the 10mm bolts that secure the oil pickup tube. if there are two of them, most likely you're driving on a prayer that the third bolt is keeping the oil pickup tube sealed to the oil pump pickup. if not, you arent gonna get any oil pressure and its bye bye engine. it wont last a day b4 you spin a bearing. been there done that.

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right, to take the oil pan off you need to remove all those 10mm bolts that surround it. you're also going to have to take off the flywheel cover on the transmission (that little black metal piece on the side of the transmission, but you'll figure this out when you go to take it out, you can't remove the oil pan without taking the bolts for it out. its really pretty simple. just remember to get a new gasket when you put it back on (unless you like leaking oil everywhere)

 

i wouldnt drive it at all!

 

yeah ima just keep it parked till i get a ride to get a gasket and start this lil clean up job then... and there not bolts they were loose nuts that screw on to a bolt to tighten down

 

any idea what they could be from?

 

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Wow. How does the car run? Does it knock at all? The only nuts that I could imagine making their way into the pan are from the rods.

 

ok i dropped the oil pan.. they were the bolts that keep that lil pan up in place and 2 bolts that hold that metal oil pick up thing i suppose... dont know the proper term for it but its comes down in to the oil pan and it looks to me thats where the oil get sucked up from... well i tightened em all and put em all back in place... ima leave it there for tonite and ima stick everything back together tomorrow morning....thnx alot for tha help