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Note my car is RWD and not 4-matic which is much more of a nightmare I am sure.
Also my oil pan is fatter/bigger at its rear, where it mated to tranny bell housing.
This is my oil pan design.
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Clearance if based on forward part of oil pan needed to be lowered and then slide out towards car rear, I am short of 6CM.
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The 9 CM hump is for oil pump.
I am wondering if it will safe to lift engine to +6 CM ( 2 of engine mounts removed ) and then loosening front subframe to drop it by -2CM like when others are doing engine mounts replacement
by way of dropping a bit the front subframe. So I have 8CM working space to slide out engine oil pan. Hopefully enough.
I estimated the angular twist will happen to my tranny mount and at the propeller shaft center bearing, but the degree is small.
ABOVE : Angle at tranny mount. BELOW : I can also loosen the U plate holding the tranny mount and drop it by -1 CM.
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Angle at propeller shaft center bearing.
I can adjust/align the propeller shaft center bearing so the yoke will take the upward twist.
Perhaps the 2 bolts of center bearing holder ( item 7 ) I drop by 1 CM.
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Dimensional reference
DAMN !!!! Tomorrow I will need to measure tranny tunnel clearance on car body to tranny casing and engine bell housing.
Can it take 6 CM of engine height uprising ?
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