I know this has been beat to death, at least about some of the earlier years, but I've got a buddy with an '06 SEL, 3.0 that's got the radiator side of the pan leaking a bit. I climbed under the car tonight to get a look, and it seems pretty straight forward. Starter's gotta come off to get access to the trans shield, to get access to the back few pan bolts, but the Y pipe is at the balancer, doesn't run under the pan... unless you count about 1/2 inch or so vertically, but a few inches down. I did a little searching through the site and every post talks about pulling the Y pipe, but I just don't see why. Of course I didn't find anybody that'd done an '06 or newer, just the older models. So am I seeing this right? Will I get away without dealing with the exhaust on this one? Would I be "project ahead" to flip through a Haynes book to get a better look at the internals of the motor?
Thanks...
Thanks...