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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2021-05-13</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2021-05-14</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000006176</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001747181</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Lyon Samuel</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>726 BELL AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CARNEGIE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>15106</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President of Union Electric</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-05-13</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>18398</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>68845</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On May 14, 2021, the reporting person filed a Form 4 which erroneously reported that he had been awarded 17,248 shares of common stock incident to the award of restricted stock units in 2021. In fact, as reported in this amendment, the reporting person was awarded 18,398 shares of common stock. The subsequent transaction reported on August 17, 2021 shall be updated accordingly such that the total amount of securities beneficially owned by the reporting person reported in Column 5 of of Table I following such transactions is 74,248 shares of common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents a grant of restricted stock units under the Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (&quot;Company&quot;) 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended
and restated as of May 13, 2021. Each restricted stock unit represents the contingent right to receive, upon vesting of the unit, one share of
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation common stock. Restricted stock units vest in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of
the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Rose Hoover for Samuel Lyon (POA previously filed)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-10-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
