Recent content by OleBlue96

No I ended up throwing in the towel and towing it to a friends shop to have him go ahead and just pull the motor to change it.

I have just shy of 200xxx on my 96 1.6L on the original timing belt. This car has also been driven extremely hard by multiple teenagers in my family over the years. I would just wait until you notice a miss in the car or it seems to really begin to run a lot rougher.

I am trying to pull the oil pan on a 96 1.6L and have to figure out what I need to take off to get to the last few 10mm bolts to get it to where I can then pull the pan down. The problem is that it appears to be part of the transmission cover that I need to pull so I am not really sure what I...

Has anybody here pulled the oil pan gasket on one of these gen cars before? I am trying to pull it out and do it myself with just jackstands in a garage. I have to decide whether or not to pull off what appears to be a transmission cover to get to the last couple of 10mm bolts. Any help...