Very informative and clear video, thank you. I am about to remove the lower and oil pans of my 2008 ML350 W164 without taking the ngine out, just hoisting the engine but concerned about braking anything, how to disconenct the engine from the trany, do I just remove the engine mounts bolts, the torque covertor bolts and then the trany to engine bolts or is there something else? Thank you.
@@M.A.S.-SuperiorService- I appologize, I meant to write " I am about to remove the UPPER oil pan ". To clarify, I was replacing the Cam Adjuster when the chain jumped and I had to take the timing cover off to time the chain. I have to take both oil pans out to put the cover back on. I did take out the lower pan but to remove the UPPER pan it looks like I need to lift the engine, My question is: To lift the engine, is it just removing the engine mount bolts, Torque convertor bolts, and unbutton the engine from the trans or is there something else to it. Thank you for your time.
Yeah so the torque converter is connected to the flywheel with bolts and that's how they're one unit because without them the engine would spin freely. In manual cars the clutch does this job so there is no need for bolts but with automatics the torque converter is always spinning with the engine. Bolts are evenly spaced around the flywheel so you have to turn the engine to get to all of them
Great video, how long did it actually take you?
Very informative and clear video, thank you.
I am about to remove the lower and oil pans of my 2008 ML350 W164 without taking the ngine out, just hoisting the engine but concerned about braking anything, how to disconenct the engine from the trany, do I just remove the engine mounts bolts, the torque covertor bolts and then the trany to engine bolts or is there something else? Thank you.
What exactly are you trying to do? rear main seal on 08 ml350? why would you take the engine out? I dont understand why you would take the oil pans .
@@M.A.S.-SuperiorService- I appologize, I meant to write " I am about to remove the UPPER oil pan ".
To clarify, I was replacing the Cam Adjuster when the chain jumped and I had to take the timing cover off to time the chain. I have to take both oil pans out to put the cover back on. I did take out the lower pan but to remove the UPPER pan it looks like I need to lift the engine, My question is: To lift the engine, is it just removing the engine mount bolts, Torque convertor bolts, and unbutton the engine from the trans or is there something else to it. Thank you for your time.
Hey man
First of all, great video!
Second of all, could you please elaborate on what you started doing from 46:56 till 47:24?
Yeah so the torque converter is connected to the flywheel with bolts and that's how they're one unit because without them the engine would spin freely. In manual cars the clutch does this job so there is no need for bolts but with automatics the torque converter is always spinning with the engine.
Bolts are evenly spaced around the flywheel so you have to turn the engine to get to all of them
@@M.A.S.-SuperiorService- Thanks for the explanation!