It is plastic
you would have to remove the skid plate on the bottom of the car and it will be on the bottom of the oil pan you would have to remove the skid plate on the bottom of the car and it will be on the bottom of the oil pan
right above the protection plate in front of the oil pan
remove the pastic skid plate then the oil pan drain plug. The oil will run out of the pan, leaving the engine with no oil unless you replace it (which is very bad)
Here goes an excerpt from a service manual as a discouragement... Oil Pump Removal: Remove radiator cap and drain coolant. Disconnect the negative battery cable. Remove the timing belt (!). Remove the oil pan. Remove the oil strainer. Remove the oil baffle mounting bolts. Remove the oil baffle. Properly support the front axle with transmission jack. Remove three front axle housing mounting bolts. Remove left front bushing for the axle housing mount. Lower the front axle housing. Remove four gusset plate mounting bolts for right side and remove the gusset plate. Remove four gusset plate mounting bolts for the left side and remove the gusset plate. Remove three bolts on transmission undercover. Remove the transmission undercover. Remove four bolts on engine undercover and remove the engine undercover. Remove two bolts on power steering pump bracket. Remove power steering pump bracket. Remove time belt pulley from the crank. Remove the four remaining oil pump bolts. Remove the oil pump. Thoroughly remove all dirt, oil, or other material from the contact surfaces of the engine block, the strainer, the oil baffle, and the oil pan.
The oil pan is located right under the motor and it has a removable cover that protects the oil pan. The oil plug is hidden under this protector plate. Remove cover.
REMOVE THE SKID PLATE IF YOU HAVE ONE, IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE OIL PAN. THE OIL PAN IS ACTUALLY MOLDED AROUND IT. REPLACE IT WITH FRAM OIL FILTER, IT PROVIDES A BETTER GRIP FOR YOU.
You first must remove the rectangular skid plate underneath the engine. There are four 14mm bolts holding the skid plate. Removing the skid plate will expose the bottom of the engine where you will see the oil drain plug on the oil pan and the oil filter.
No. A belly pan on most Jeeps refers to the pan that is essentially the transmission crossmember, that is to say it is the assembly that the transmission sits on via the transmission mount that holds the transmission up into the vehicle, and also kind of doubles as a rock guard or "skid plate". The oil pan is the bottom half of the engine or transmission that holds the oil for the engine or transmission.
My 2006 Sorento has a protector plate under the engine---you can drain the oil without removing the plate if you have a funnel that can be pointed towards a hole in the protector plate, but it is a tight fit. Removing the plate will expose the oil pan and drain plug as in all engines. C. Fox foxc@unt.edu
On my Sorento LX, it is above the metal protector plate that has to be dropped down to get to the oil plug. You can drain the oil without removing it, but a small funnel must be fitted into one of the holes of the protector plate so that the oil can be collected without coating the plate with dirty oil. C. Fox foxc@unt.edu
Oil pan to Timing cover bolts are 8mm to remove them. as for replacing the bolts if they are lost, Metric 6.0 x 1.0 i believe