Hatch It

FIXED, Thanks


Modified by Hatch It at 11:32 PM 7/6/2005

Lord Helmet

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hatch It &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am changing my oil pan gasket, i have searched and read ALOT about it but some people were saying use 'hondabond' but i never heard of this.....

Than some people say dont use any lubes, just clean the oil pan brim and put the gasket on and bolt it up (not too tight)

What should i do? Any other tips on lubing it or anything like that?

Thanks for the help</TD></TR></TABLE>

Honda don't require you to put hondabond on the oil pan nor tell you to do it. I've put oil pan gaskets on Hondas/Acuras without it and it seals up fine without any leaks. 60k miles later....still no leaks. Just remember to torque the nuts to factory specs.

pdiggitydogg

No sealant - torque everything in the correct order and you'll be fine

mingbling96

another reminder to toruqe it correctly. 9 ft/lb i believe. Don't try to feel the torque, but get a torque wrench, otherwise it will leak, or you overtorque the nuts and strip the studs.

Hatch It

Does anyone have the pattern to tighten the bolots in? do i go criss cross?

Thanks for them help again, im boring my buddies torque wrench tomorrow

Lord Helmet

Torque sequence:


5 1 3

6 2 4


^
This side is the timing belt side

#1 is where the drain plug should be.

Torque those first in sequence to 10 ft-lbs.

All the other nuts just need to be torqued to 10 ft-lbs

v4lu3s

on the sheet metal pans i sometimes use hondabond if the pan is in skecthy condition, and with the aluminum pan s i ONLY use hondabond (no gasket).

bbarbulo

if you can't find hondabond, you can use Permatex gray.

also, the stock gasket has sealant around the curves (where the crank is positioned) if you have a curved type oil pan rather than the flat kind.

EE_Chris

The Helms for the 6th gen Civics calls out for Hondabond to be used when replacing the oil pan gasket.

Just do NOT overtorque the nuts.

Hatch It

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bbarbulo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you can't find hondabond, you can use Permatex gray.

also, the stock gasket has sealant around the curves (where the crank is positioned) if you have a curved type oil pan rather than the flat kind.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Saw that

SRd240sx

is it possible to reuse the old gasket? i don't want to pay $30 or however much it is for a new OEM one when it's not NECESSARY. if it is then i'll do it =T

Froth

Replace it.

Toroke

I got one for close to 15 bucks at AutoZone.