I never bothered to pull the pan back off, so no idea. If anyone here lives close enough to Rochelle IL (Northern IL), you can come and get the engine to use for parts, or as a rebuildable core. I will pull a few sensors, and there are no coils or injectors. FREE! It did have good oil pressure (surp...

Over Christmas break, I tackled the job. I was successfully able to pull the engine through the top. There was some hardware (engine to trans bolts) and the center differential bracket-to-engine bolts that I could not see from any direction, but was able to still get to them. Once the engine was loo...

Thank you for the input, I really appreciate it. This also gives me hope. Those are some good tips.

Thanks for your input. I use AlldataPro for information, and they show needing to pull the engine to do rod bearings, and I had the job done easily within 2 hours without pulling anything but the pan & oil pump pick up. Therefore, since they say to drop the engine out the bottom, I have this des...

Thanks for your reply. I am replacing the engine due to a lower-end knock. #4 rod bearing was trashed, but the crank looked good, and the oil pick up was plugged. I thoroughly cleaned the pick up, and installed new rod bearings. The noise returned immediately, just the same. i suspect no oil flow to...

Has anyone here pulled an engine from an '03 or '04 AWD Vibe from the top? I dread dropping it from the bottom due to not having a lift. It looks upon inspection that there is no reason why I can not (just looks as though it will get a little tight, clearing it away from the trans), but thought I wo...