fluke702

Anyone please help me with my problem!! 1990 Accord EX.

I just found out that oil is leaking from the bolt hole. The bolt isn't stripped but worse, the hole threading is! I could tell because no matter how I try to tighten the bolt, it won't tighten! It just gets tighter until it reaches a point, then get loose again. I'll see if it's just the gasket that needs to be replaced but I doubt it, since it doesn't ever tight. If it's the hole, I might have to replace the whole oil pan. I could buy an oil pan for a $120 and an oil pan gasket. Would it be hard to replace? If figured just empty out the oil, remove the bolts and replace it, along with the gasket. Does anyone know if it's easy to do? What should I do? I really don't want to re-thread the hole, I'd rather just replace the hole bottom pan.
Thank you so much for anyone who can help me.
-Chris.


[Modified by fluke702, 8:07 AM 2/20/2002]

4doorH22

I've actually never removed the oil pan, but it should be a straightforward and easy bolt-off bolt-on. You could get a used oil pan from a salvage yard much cheaper. I'd pick up a new drain bolt and a bunch of washers from a dealer.

SOHCArchangel

dont forget to drain the oil first!!!!!!!, and you will most definatelly need to tap that stripped bolt hole