the best thing to do is grab a gasket from the dealer, because they are made with steal and rubber, and will provide a better seal. All you need to do is drain oil, and remove the screws around the pan, scrap off gasket, ensure the sealing area is clean. When you tighten the pan back on, stagger through the bolts, to ensure that the entire pan has been tightend evenly.
The approximate cost to change an oil pan gasket, on your Ford Taurus, is $125. The oil pan gasket can be purchased for $10.
head gasket gone, depending on where the gasket fails determins the visual affects of gasket failure
To change the oil pan gasket u need to raise the engine about a foot in order to get to the oil pan .
A bad gasket would probably leak, and an oil change would be a good opportunity to spot that.
Do I have to pull the motor to change the oil pan gasket on my 1985 buick rivieria?
You can change the oil pan gasket in your 2000 Chevrolet S 10 pickup truck by removing the oil pan bolts. Once the bolts are removed the oil pan will come off. Remove the old oil pan gasket and replace it with a new gasket.
to change the gaket youl have to drain all the oil out and change your oil fluid filter and gasket the gasket is the seal between your pan and car take pan off drain clean and put new gasket on pan and put it back on.
the head gasket
If you needed a gasket and they replaced it then yes you would be charged for the gasket.
Coolant mixed with oil? bad head gasket?
need to stop leak on 1995 Honda Odyssey on a oil pan gasket
drain the oil form the drain plug on the pan, then unbolt the pan, and change the gasket. Rebolt the pan and refill the oil. Good luck