Toyota Prius Oil Pan Replacement: A Detailed Step-by-Step Guide - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

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[@Nirvan1st]

Thank you! 🙏 I feel confident doing this repair now

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

You can do it! 👍🏼 Let me know how it goes!

[@someguy3999]

Extremely useful, thank you so much for the effort. Helped me a ton with my oil pan.

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

You are welcome! I’m glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching! 👍🏼

[@JM-xq1gh]

Very helpful video. Thank you.

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Glad it was helpful! 👍🏼

[@jamiepeirce526]

Curious, how long do you think it’s takes on this job. I got charged 2.5 hours labour.

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

A lot less than 2.5 hours. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Back when I was a mechanic in the mid-90’s at a small independent shop, we had thick books where you could look up particular jobs for specific cars. If the book said 4 hours and it took 2, the customer would be charged for 4. Alternatively, if it took 8, the customer would still be charged for 4. Sometimes the mechanic won and sometimes they lost. In your case, including prep and cleanup, a skilled mechanic could easily get the job done in one hour or less. That 2.5 hours also probably included a filter change.

[@alext8828]

You do know that the ratchet handle makes a good speed wrench if you fold it down and crank the bolts in by cranking it. I'm gonna assume that you don't have the clearance between the bolts and the ground? The catch pan should be out of there by know. Maybe for all the guys that never tried it. First time here and seems like a good video. Oh, 7 ft-lb on the bolts. That's too low a reading for a click type torque wrench. Let's go with 84 in-lb. (12 inches to the foot?) Use a 1/4" torque adapter. Cheap and super accurate. HEY! WHERE IS EVERYONE????

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@mrn6430]

What is the oil pan torque?

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

Good question, if you are using a torque wrench, the spec is 10 N·m (102 kgf·cm, 7ft·lbf).

[@yazr1712]

Thanks so much! Dealership wants to charge me $350+tax for a new Oil Pan and the labour... maybe I could do this on my own. Quick question: If the dealership has already done an oil change (for my annual), do I have to get it done again after I replace the oil pan? I'm not sure how exactly it all works... Thanks so much!

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

That’s a great question! When draining the oil, if you can drain it into a CLEAN container, then it is reusable. Just make sure there is not water, dirt or debris in the container. Let me know how it works out for you!

[@yazr1712]

@@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto Amazing! Thanks so much! Waiting for it to get a bit warmer (writing from Toronto) before I tackle it! But i'll let you know! Your video was of great help! Thanks so much!

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

@@yazr1712 - You are welcome! Thanks for watching! 👍🏼

[@yazr1712]

Finally got around to doing this! I am finding slight leaking from the oil pan... I'm thinking maybe I didn't use enough silicone 🤦🏾‍♂️ any advise on how to proceed? I was thinking about adding more silicone to the outside seal thinking maybe that would help? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[@elizabethswanson422]

Just did this when I needed an oil change anyway. Let all the oil drain and took off filter before removing pan. Gonna let silicone setup overnight before adding my oil tomorrow. Easy job.

[@Rev22-21]

Seems that these Prius have oil pan plug problems. On one hand if you don't have enough torque on them they leak (even with crush washers) and too much they strip out. We as a family have three vehicles and enjoy them as such but I never had drain pan issues w/my domestic vehicles like these.

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

It's looking like these oil pans are a common issue. When I first made this video, I wasn't sure if it would be useful to anyone, but as of today, it's received 750 views (and the shorter version an additional 109).

[@Skyhawk656]

Meh, I see techs over tighten and strip just about any oil pan/plug out there. Many American cars have aluminums pans and threads to boot, honestly though a pan gasket is like 20 bucks and they’re usually easy to get to. I remember when Pontiac was installing plastic head gaskets on their 3.8l v6 engines… now there’s an expensive fix. Then we have the mileage sanity check, I’ve owned a handful of GMs and Fords and all of them had issues as early as 30k miles, my Prius is at 120k and I finally have my first issue requiring I jack the car up and turn a wrench, I call that pretty reliable.

[@MrOscar5690]

@@Skyhawk656 mines at 196 and just now having a leak

[@paulfrank1777]

Why did you not drain the oil before you took the pan off? What a mess.

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

Good observation! Normally I would, but in this case the reason I had to replace the oil pan was because the drain pug threads were damaged and it couldn’t be removed. Thanks for watching!

[@paulfrank1777]

@@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto 😂 good point. Thanks for the video.

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

👍🏼

[@jesseadams4329]

Wear ur gloves

[@YOUCanFixAnythingAuto]

Sorry, I’m an old-school Gen-X mechanic. No gloves for me. 😏