I have a small crack in my pan, and i work in a shop, but i dont have time to jack my car up and look to see if i need to raise my engine to lower my oil pan, i have had a few cars where this was necessary, but i would rather not have to

 

i would just check out the oil pan, cuase if oil is leakin and u drive it u can fawk yur engine

 

um....because the header and axles come on top of it, im not sure if it can be removed easily just from a hoist

 

what car is this for?

i know for the f22 and f23 you can just jack up the car and unbolt the oil pan.

 

If you haven't time to jack it up to look at it, you certainly don't have time to fix it; so why ask?
Regardless of what has to be lifted, lowered or hammered out of the way, as skylinex said, You've got to fix it or you'll "fawk" your engine.
Just get it fixed, Please

 

To reply to your question... I believe you were asking if you have to raise the engine off it's mounts to remove the oil pan. This was usually the case with older V8 engine cars... where the crossmember ran directly beneath the oil pan. I am assuming that you have an accord... and the answer is no, the engine does not need to be lifted, jacked up or moved in any way to remove the oil pan. You will however have to unbolt the exhaust A pipe from the manifold and move it out of the way... the flex pipe usually moves enough to allow this. Thats about all, it's really a pretty simple job... good money maker for me.

 

no lifting of the motor is needed.

-Lift the front of the car up and support it on jack stands.
-Drain the oil.
-Remove the splash guard.
-Remove the center subframe beam.
-Spray the three nuts/studs that hold the 2 parts of the header together with some PB Blaster.
-After letting the PB Blaster sit for a little, remove those 3 nuts.
-Remove the 2 bolts supporting the lower part of the header to the bottom of the block.
-Remove the exhaust hangers all the way back to the middle of the car.
-With the exhaust unbolted and hangers removed, the header and exhaust pipe can be swung all the way to the side to have plenty of room to be under the oil pan.
-Remove the flywheel cover.
-Remove the oil pan.
-Install the new pan and gasket. Don't forget to use Honda Bond or other liquid gasket.
-With the exhaust moved well out of the way, you have plenty of room to line everything back up and get it into position with having to work around the header. It can be done by working around the header but it's so easy to move the exhaust and makes things so much easier to work with.
-Get a hold of a manual or do a search to find the proper torgue spec and sequence. I can't think of the torque spec but I know it's low. And they recommend you go around tightening the bolts/nuts in a specific order and stepping the torque setting 3 times.

Thats just a quick step-by-step. I might have missed a step or 2, but you get the idea. It's not a hard job at all.