Romodavid15

Hi I have a 94 Integra GSR and my oil pan is leaking again. The guy who I bought the car from said it's going to need a new oil pan gasket. I took the oil pan off and found that he did not use an OEM gasket but he used just RTV gasket maker. I used a razor blade to take all of the excess rtv stuff off and I reapplied a thick coat around the whole oil pan. Now it's leaking again.

Questions:

If the oil pan is bent is it possible for it to leak? (it didn't look bent but someone suggested it to me)

Are GSR and LS oil pans the same? Would an LS oil pan fit a GSR motor?

Was I supposed to use an OEM Honda gasket instead of just gasket maker?

And if it is my rear main seal leaking would my oil pan be soaked in oil? (flywheel is dry)

Thanks in advance!

2.0Da9

you shouldnt have used gasket maker, just scrape it off and pick up an oil pan gasket from an auto part store.

if the bottom of the pan is dented it wont cause leaking

Robinjo

I would just get a gasket from Honda. They are like $20 and easy to put in.

Jimmy

iTrader: (5)

OEM Honda oil pan gasket and use some honda bond and be sure to torque to factory specs or you will ''mushroom'' the gasket and it will leak again.

Torque the bolts/studs to 9ftlbs.

GL!

jayare05

do not over tighten the bolts and use honda bond! i just went threw this mess. i ran over a fire hydrant cap over that was laying in the middle of the highway (that im assuming fell off of a truck) and put a nice hole in my pan. i put the old oil pan gasket up because when i took the old pan off it looked practically brand new. when i put it up it started to leak about 2 weeks later. i then took the pan down, put a new gasket on it from autozone, and it leaked again a couple weeks later. i returned that gasket, put another new one on only this time with a **** ton of honda bond and it worked. 10 lbs is really hard to torque being its really not alot at all, so the best way to do this imo is put honda bond on both sides of the new gasket spread evenally, and every bolt you tighten just tighten until you see the gasket coming out not even a mm. let the honda bond dry a day and you should be good.

Jimmy

iTrader: (5)

^^ Let me know how that work's out. I do not recommend using ''a lot'' of hondabond..

vtaker

You're suppose to use a real gasket and use silicone for certain sections. I've scanned this page out of my manual for you:

Romodavid15

Wow thanks a lot for that^

I will try using a real gasket to see if it works. Thanks a lot for your help guys, much appreciated.

2.0Da9

just make sure when you bolt the oil pan down do it to 9lbs and cris cross motion

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

DO NOT use Hondabond on the entire gasket. Apply it to those 4 points shown in the diagram above and that's it.

This is how I did mine 1.5 years ago and no leaks since.

hamizle

i did mine like 6months ago i dont exatcly remember but i believe theirs a bolt tightning seq you must use "inside to out?" and turq them to s spec. i would pull it off scrap everything off clean an start over...

keepinitrehaal

I didnt know the spec was 9 ft lbs. I put it on WAY tighter than that and its still leaking! Guess I'll do it again and see what happens. Good thread!

dc2LS

yea you definetly need a gasket i usually just put gasket maker on he corners to keep it in place

Jimmy

iTrader: (5)

That could be the issue.. If you over torque it.. it will squash the gasket and leak.

2.0Da9

i was just about to say that, when i did the gasket on mine i didnt put any of the hondabond, i only used the OEM gasket, tq'd everything to spec and in a cris cross motion