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Hrm, well I know what you mean. Didn't even cross my mind. Will need a hand for that though I guess? Will wait for the old man to get home, he can do all the hard work hah.

But so, in short, lift the engine high enough to drop the whole cross member, which should be enough to get the remaining 24 bolts out of the sump?

And here I was removing some out of the converter etc :X

not really. you might have a few torx head bolts on the ali brace you have to remove from the underside of the bellhousing. rest is reasonably straightfoward.

you will have to support the engine from the top and lower or remove the crossmember too. the oil pickup won't allow you to remove the sump without getting the crossmember clear.

Will

Argh? Its off my parts car, which obviously, is in parts. The engine had a blown head, so the previous owner took the engine apart and its in bits, manifold and cylinders all thats left. Do I still have to lift that up, or can I just remove other bits and bobs to get to it as I don't have a crane or any type of pulley that can hold the engine up...

What needs to be undone to ONLY remove the oil sump from a m20, e30 1990 4dr manual?

Any tools required other than spanners/sockets?

Can someone please confirm they're DOBIs? They're a light blue colour and bought from either Hyper or mag and turbo around a year ago.

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