Where is the oil pan on a 2006 Chevy Colorado?

Sounds like a bad battery. A number of chain auto parts stores will check it and your charging system free. Before that, if your battery has removable caps, check the water level, if it's down, fill to the bottom of the fill rings and charge the battery, if you have a battery hydrometer, all the cells should have about the same charge level, if one or more show a lot lower than the others, battery is probably bad. Hope this helps.

Verify that the engine has the proper amount of oil. The inertia from accelerating may be moving the oil in the oil pan away from the sensor and causing it to send a signal, then when you slow the oil levels out and the sensor go's off. I've had this happen alot with a taurus that I owned. The simple solution was to top off the oil to the correct level and the sensor did not come on again (until it ran low again, had a leaky oil plug on oil pan).

try tightening the bolts that hold the oil pan on, if this doesn't help you may have to replace the oil pan gasket......hope this helps.....cheers.

What you are describing sounds like what's called a freeze-plug. These are round plugs or inserts in the engine that are designed to pop out if the coolant should freeze to avoid cracking the block. the orange goo is rust mixed with coolant. This indicates that the freeze plug is leaking coolant and should be replaced (not a major job).

Big job.

Service Information

2006 Cadillac DTS ' DTS VIN K Service Manual ' Document ID: 636855 Oil Pan Removal

1. Rotate the engine so that the oil pan is facing up.
2. Remove the oil pan drain plug.




3. Remove the oil pan bolts.




4. Remove the oil pan from the lower crankcase oil distribution manifold plate.




5. Remove and discard the oil pan gasket.




6. Remove the oil level sensor (1).

Is there any chance it did have a slight leak before and you didn't know. And now it is bigger. Sometimes the oil leak is so small that it just runs to the back of the motor as you driuve and you never see any spots on the ground.

But it is a possibility that they may have stripped out the threads on the pan and now even a new drain plug won't even solve your problem.

Good luck with this. It is hard to fight with oil change places. What ever happened to the customer is always right??

The drain plug is on the drivers side of the oil pan. About 1/2 way back from the front of the engine

Hello my name is Landon

The rough metal pan looking think is your oil pan this holds oil under the engine block. The piece you are missing is the cap i would get a new cap or check the oil pan to make sure it is tight on and no lose bolts also check for cracks.

Thanks,

Landon

This is for the 5 cylinder 3.5 liter engine in the Colorado

1. The drain plug is in the middle of the oil pan on the drivers side.
Use a 15 mm socket or box end wrench to remove the plug. Drain
oil.
2. The oil filter is at the bottom front corner of the engine on the passenger side. Remove the filter. Try not to tip the filter when you
remove it so you don't get oil on other parts of the truck.
3. Rub a small of oil on the gasket of the new filter. Spin on the new filter, 3/4 to 1 turn past when the gasket starts to seat. Hand tighten
only.
4. Reinstall the drain plug. DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN OR YOU COULD
STRIP THE THREADS.
5. Add 6 quarts of oil to the oil filler tube located on top of the engine
in the front and middle of the engine compartment. It shows the location
in the owners manual. Install the filler cap.
6. Start the engine and let it run a few minutes to fill the filter with oil.
Turn off the engine and wait a few minutes for the oil to drain down to
the bottom of the engine. Remove the dip stick and check oil level.
Checking oil level is in the owners manual.

For re-install Oil Pan, checj this procedure...




Fig. Oil pan sealant application areas-Canyon & Colorado

1. Apply a bead of sealant around the oil pan as shown.
   NOTE Install the oil pan within 10 minutes of applying the sealant.


2. Install the oil pan, making sure that the pan if positioned fully rearward against the transmission mounting surface.
3. Install the oil pan bolts and tighten the side bolts to 18 ft. lbs. (25 Nm). Tighten the end bolts to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
4. Connect the engine wiring harness retainers to oil pan.
5. If equipped with 4WD, position the steering gear upward to the frame assembly and install the steering gear mounting bolts.
6. Install the four lower transmission mounting bolts and tighten to 37 ft. lbs. (50 Nm).
7. Install the nuts securing the fuel pipe bracket at transmission and tighten to 15 ft. lbs. (20 Nm).
8. Install the service slot plug.
9. Right front halfshaft, if equipped with 3.5L Engine
10. If equipped with RWD, install the power steering gear.
11. If equipped with 4WD:
    1. Position the differential carrier assembly to the frame.
    2. Install the differential carrier assembly bushing to frame bolts. Tighten to 112 ft. lbs. (152 Nm).
    3. Install the front driveshaft.
       
    
    
12. Install the engine splash shield.
13. Install the oil dipstick tube. Tighten the bolt to 89 inch lbs. (10 Nm).
14. Fill the engine with oil to the correct level.
15. Start the engine and check for leaks.

Hope help with this (remember rated this help).