So some things need done to my cars engine block and it requires me to lift/raise the engine out of the engine bay at least half a foot. Ive inspected it a few times and hav 1 other option besides tearing everyting apart

Would it be safe to use a hydraulic jack under the oil pan, remove the left and right motor mounts, and jack it up to where it needs to be to finish some odds and ends on the block? Judging from the end of the transmission nearest to the side of the engine bay, the transmission obviously won't pull out cause it would tear off. Left and right engine bay clearence aside, would that work? This is just a quick thread repair job btw. Just checking to see if anyone has done it, for some self assurance, thanks

 

yes that is a good way to lift the engine and tranny just make sure there is a block of wood under oil pan when doing so

 

Never ever ever ever lift this stuff by the oilpan. It may work fine, but it can also cause a hole, which means you need a new oilpan at the LEAST.

If you need to jack it all up, jack from the bottom of the tranny near the engine, with a piece of wood or something else there to keep from damaging anything.

I've seen bad things happen putting jacks on an oil pan.

 

Yes, it will work, but as Red Z said, DON'T USE THE OIL PAN! I raised the passenger side of mine up about 6in just by removing the passenger side motor mount to replace one of my pulleys. Jack up the car far enough, block the tranny, and slooooowly let it down. Be sure to take off your strut bar if you have one, the IM will hit it if you leave it on.
I've heard taking off the lower motor mount can be easier, but haven't tried it.

 

After doing something similar with a floor jack my high school auto mechanics teacher asked me 3 questions:

 

To jack the car up this way, don't forget that you have to remove the bolts for the tranny mounts that go to the cross member. After that, it's cake.

 

I don't see a safe way of doing that unless you're just tilting the engine. I've tilted my engine downwards without removing fuel lines and connectors just fine many times. The engine will tilt down just fine, I've never tried to tilt it up.

As RED ZMAN said, you'll have to remove the subframe mounts or you'll be jacking up the entire car. The transmission mount bolts are behind grommets and you can get to them by removing the driver's side front tire. You have to remove the entire mount from the firewall or you'll be jacking up the entire car. The actual engine mount is the easiest, just 1 17mm bolt and it's able to move up or down.

As long as you're sure that all of the proper engine mounts are disconnected, you can lift the engine from the oil pan, or the transmission. It would be wise to use a piece of plywood for an extra level of protection on the oil pan. I have lifted there with a very small 2 ton floor jack before with no problems, but if there's any hangups, you may endup crushing the oil pan trying to lift the car.

If you're trying to get the entire engine lifted out of the car about 1 foot, and not just tilting it, you should look at renting a cherry picker for a day or so. It does not seem safe to try to lift it out from the bottom and balance it while you work.

 

You can tilt the engine just fine up too, thta's what I've always done.

But do NOT take all of those bolts out and your wheel off to get the tranny mount off. Why remove 4 or 6 bolts when you can remove the ONE through the center of the tranny mount and have it done?

Do not, unless you want a high risk of damaging your oil pan, lift the engine by the oil pan.

It's been posted about in here, so don't anyone else even suggest it, it's just DUMB to do.

"Wow, I think I'll lift my hundreds of pounds of engine and tranny by some putting a jack under some sheet metal."

LOL

DON'T DO IT!

 

^^ I don't see how you could lift up the transmission side without removing those 4 bolts securing the transmission mount forks to the firewall. I don't know about your car, but mine has 2 forks coming off the firewall which connect to the transmission mount. You can drop it down, but you can't lift the transmission up without removing those forks which hang the transmission mount because they will hit the transmission and lift the car.

BTW... why would you need to lift the engine out of the car 1 foot? I spent all day with my car on a lift today after reading your post and I can't figure out why you would need to do such a thing.

 

Dude I lifted the motor up using a jack underneath the car
You're right
Theres motor mounts on all 4 four sides