To change the oil pan, it is necessary to raise the vehicle and put jackstands under it. Wipe and change the engine oil drain plug and remove and dispose the oil filter to change it. The second step is to take off the engine lower splash shield, the air conditioning drive belt, and the air conditioning compressor making sure not to unconnect the A/C lines and attach the compressor in a tangle. Take out the air filter housing and with automatic transaxle models, remove the battery and battery tray. slightly reposition the transaxle away of the engine, and hold the engine up with a floor jack and the transaxle with a jack. Loose upper engine to transaxle mounting bolts and left and right engine to bell housing bolts. Take off the oil pan-to-bellhousing bolts, bellhousing-to-pan bolt, and the timing chain cover-to-oil pan fasteners. Insert a screwdriver between the transaxle and the engine and keep pushing until the bellhousing slides off the block. To remove the oil pan, remove the oil pan retaining bolts in reverse order of their screwing, loosen the oil pan seal with a rubber mallet, then lower the oil pan, rotating it so as not to damage the mating surfaces. To install it, cleanse and grease the mating surfaces of lower engine block and oil pan with no residual nor sealant. Place 1/8-inch wide strip of sealant around the edge of the inverted flange of the oil pan by applying it around the inside of the bolt holes and where the flange meets the timing chain cover and ensure that the oil pan bolts are installed finger tight. Connect the timing chain cover-to-oil pan bolts and screw them, then screw the oil pan-to-engine block bolts in a criss-cross manner. Lastly, sequentially tighten the oil pan-to-bell housing bolts, the transaxle-to-engine bolts, and then lower the vehicle, allowing at least 1 hour of time to pass before adding oil to the engine, trimming off any excess sealant and attaching a new oil filter.