No , you can not. It is one of the lowest point after the drain one.

 

Good news is you can replace the gasket without removing the subframe. Drivers side is a PITA but it's doable.

 

Check for hairline cracks when you pull the pumps. One of mine developed a leak from a hairline crack after 150,000+ miles of heat cycles. I’m at 170,000 now. Trying to find the pics right now...

From memory, you couldn’t see the crack from the bottom. I had everything dropped for RBs and it was easy to replace both pumps.

 

I hope it isn't cracked, they are like $500 each.

 

And ebay for $50. I had to replace the drivers side pump.

 

Where do they typically crack? The aluminum mounting flange?

 

Mine cracked from black plastic housing and it was drivers side pump. Bought used one for replacement.

 

Has anyone had major leakage? I'm getting ready for a 2k mi road trip this month and trying to decide if I should replace my pump that leaks a drop a day with a used one or deal with it later.

 

I had quite large leak from the oil pump. First it was minor but it got worse pretty soon. I had to drive it around 1k miles before i got the new pump. I ordered new one from dealer but it was back ordered. After two weeks i cancelled the order and bought used one, because it was out of stock everywhere. In three weeks i lost 2 liters of oil... If you have time before your trip, i recommend that you change the pump to used one if you don't want to buy new one.

 

Ok, got me worried enough, just ordered a pump from eBay.

 

The part number for the seals, 11417836233.

I was able to repair both of mine.