The invention relates to a casting method for an aluminum alloy engine shell. The casting method sequentially includes the following steps that firstly, red copper pipes are manufactured to be in a shape the same with that of shell oil ways, and the red copper pipes are sealed after being filled with precoated sand; secondly, cores are manufactured; thirdly, the red copper pipes and the cores arecombined and fixed; fourthly, the cores are subjected to pulp dipping and then sand pouring, then pulp dipping is conducted again and sand pouring is conducted again, the operation is conducted repeatedly by multiple layers, inner die shells are obtained, dewaxing is conducted after the inner die shell is subjected to air drying, and high-temperature roasting sizing is conducted; fifthly, sand molds are manufactured in sand boxes, cavities coincide with the outer wall of the engine shell in shape, and casting systems are arranged in the sand molds; sixthly, the inner die shells are put into the cavities of the sand molds, then mold assembling is conducted; seventhly, aluminum alloy liquid is injected into the cavities till mold filling is completed; eighthly, after cooling forming, the engine shell is obtained, spare parts are removed, and the precoated sand in all the red copper pipes is removed; ninth, the shell engine is immersed in a dilute nitric acid solution, and the red copperpipes are corroded and form oil ways. By means of the casting method, the manufacturing cost is low, consumption of raw materials is low, the product quality is good, manufactured hole ways are smoothand reliable, and the yield is high.