SaltyDog017

Hello again. I have a 97 civic ex auto.. its leaking oil between the timing belt cover and the oil pan.. is there any easy way to change the oil pan gasket without messing with the timing?

EsotericImage

iTrader: (8)

yea, just remove the pan, and clean everything up, get a new gasket and be sure to torque it to spec and not over tighten it.

Arthas

Replacing the oil pan gasket does not affect the timing.

All you need to do is remove the lower part of the exhaust manifold, then remove all the 10mm bolts that hold down the oil pan. It is very easy to do.


Are you sure its the oil pan? It could also be the front main seal which is behind the crank.

furious94ls

I think it's your front main seal.

SaltyDog017

How would I go about fixing that? I'm not quite sure where its coming from. All I know is it does not leak just idling, but when I put the car in drive on the lift, it starts leaking down the driver side between the oil pan and the timing belt cover.

EsotericImage

iTrader: (8)

Step 1: Take off timing belt cover
Step 2: Spray some brake cleaner and remove oil around seal
Step 3: Start car and look for source of leak
Step 4: Fix leak

Axatax

Is the oil pan leaking anywhere else? I just went through this today thinking it was the oil pan. Front main seal.

SaltyDog017

Only place I see oil coming out is from the one side of the oil pan, but I couldn't see the exact spot. I'll have to put it back up on the lift and take that cover off.. Would the front main seal be leaking down just one side?