95 4X4 Rodeo Oil Pan Gasket

[rksmotorsports]

I need to do the oilpan gasket on my wife's Rodeo. How much of a headache am I looking at?
I've read that I'll need to drop some suspension components to access it. Is this true? I'm not used to working on foreign cars. (I drive/work on my 84 Dodge Ramcharger and my 84 C4 'Vette.)
Any advice will be appreciated.
I want to thank you folks on this board for the info re:"low oil pressure" and the oil pick-up screen. That's another question I had.
One other question. The top end is noisy as hell when running. A friend of mine says it's the injectors. Does anyone else experience this? (I've got 'Crossfire' injection on the 'vette and the sound of those 2 injectors firing does sound similar.)
Thanks all.

[mwt]

As far as the oil pan goes. I was quoted $600.00 for it and the rear main seal on mine by a dealer.

The noisy top end is probably the lifters and has been covered a lot on these forums. Mine was pretty noisy when I got it at 53K and I started using Mobil 1 synthetic and it was really dirty for the first few changes. It is a lot queiter now than when I bought it. Also a lot of people have used seafoam to clean with.

There are some threads about changing the lifters on this board that may help you out. I assume it is the 3.2 engine.

Mike

[rodeo02]

Pretty sure either the motor has to be lifted, or stuff moved out of the way to get the upper oil pan off (big aluminum skirt/pan). The little stamped steel lower pan is a piece of cake. IIRC the aluminum pan is sealed with RTV from the factory, but an AM gasket is avail.
G/luck
Joel