Oil Pan 98 Civic EX D16Y8
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Oil Pan 98 Civic EX D16Y8
My oil pan is leaking oil really really slow from the drain plug. What's annoying is it makes a mess on my street. People have told me to just put a bigger plug in there, but it could be messy and lead to more problems. What I want to do is replace the oil pan since it comes with a new drain plug. I read a repair manual, and it looks pretty easy to do, since I've done it before on a toyota corolla.
Here's the issue:
I go to O'Reilley/Kragen auto and get a new oil pan. This was in October 2011, and During that time I had no time to do the install so I thought I'd buy the parts one at a time.
On Monday Dec 19th, I go back to Kragen/OReilley, to get some oil, a new oil filter, the gasket, and liquid gasket. They tell me that the gasket needs to be ordered and it will get here On Dec 23. So I tell them, well forget it, I just looked at autozone on my phone and I'm getting it there because I want to do this this week. I know they have it in stock. I'm just loyal first to Kragen/OReilley because it's really close to my house. So i get the gasket at autozone, and I get home, and WTF? This gasket is really weird to put on!!
I find out after doing some searching that the oil pan that was sold to me by Kragen is a D16Y7 oil pan by spectra. And then, I'm looking around and finding out that I was sold a D16Y8 oil pan gasket by fel-pro. Fel-pro sells Y7 gaskets that look more like the kind that will fit my Y7 oil pan by Spectra.
I read around more forums and people are saying that I can use the Y7 oil pan on my Y8 block, but I just need to use the Y7 gasket.
Then I read that using a Y7 oil pan on my Y8 block will mess up my vtec. I don't want to mess with the vtec or oil pressure. My car is bone stock, and I like to keep it like that.
What do I do?
Here's the issue:
I go to O'Reilley/Kragen auto and get a new oil pan. This was in October 2011, and During that time I had no time to do the install so I thought I'd buy the parts one at a time.
On Monday Dec 19th, I go back to Kragen/OReilley, to get some oil, a new oil filter, the gasket, and liquid gasket. They tell me that the gasket needs to be ordered and it will get here On Dec 23. So I tell them, well forget it, I just looked at autozone on my phone and I'm getting it there because I want to do this this week. I know they have it in stock. I'm just loyal first to Kragen/OReilley because it's really close to my house. So i get the gasket at autozone, and I get home, and WTF? This gasket is really weird to put on!!
I find out after doing some searching that the oil pan that was sold to me by Kragen is a D16Y7 oil pan by spectra. And then, I'm looking around and finding out that I was sold a D16Y8 oil pan gasket by fel-pro. Fel-pro sells Y7 gaskets that look more like the kind that will fit my Y7 oil pan by Spectra.
I read around more forums and people are saying that I can use the Y7 oil pan on my Y8 block, but I just need to use the Y7 gasket.
Then I read that using a Y7 oil pan on my Y8 block will mess up my vtec. I don't want to mess with the vtec or oil pressure. My car is bone stock, and I like to keep it like that.
What do I do?
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Re: Oil Pan 98 Civic EX D16Y8
if you intend on keeping it stock,then id return the steel pan and get the correct one for your y8...
if it was my car id also forget about the gasket and just put it on with a nice bead of rtv.
if it was my car id also forget about the gasket and just put it on with a nice bead of rtv.
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Just get the right parts for the Y8, don't chance it, even if you have wait. You will regret starting the work and you have problems later on. Do just use liquid gasket, use the right gasket for that pan.
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Nothing would mess up the vtec its an oil pan and gasket I have a y8 and the stupid s*** was leaking oil went too autozone cause it was close haha bought that felpro your talking about put it on and it didn't really fit all that good so I still installed it because its not returnable after it was open and it didn't leak for a couple days but with heat it shrunk and guess what leaked again. Just make sure everything is y8 and don't tighten the bolts too hard cause they'll break.
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Update on the oil pan. The install was a success. Thanks for all your input. I still have VTEC (the stock 500rpms worth for a Y8). No problems at all. No oil leaks, or oil light. The oil pan is technically for a Y7 according to all the catalogs from summit, autozone, o'reilley and napa. what you need to use is the fel-pro Y7 gasket. The dip stick still fits too.
The oil pan has been installed for 4 days, and I've been driving it hard and easy. No oil leaks. No weird sounds, the bolt torquing has been the same all around. If weather is a factor, it's been about mid 60s in the day time since Thursday Dec 22, and it's about low 40s in the evening. Over saturday and Sunday (christmas eve and christmas) the weather has been low 40s in the evening, and 70 in the day time.
I'm open to discuss anymore concerns or answer questions!
The oil pan has been installed for 4 days, and I've been driving it hard and easy. No oil leaks. No weird sounds, the bolt torquing has been the same all around. If weather is a factor, it's been about mid 60s in the day time since Thursday Dec 22, and it's about low 40s in the evening. Over saturday and Sunday (christmas eve and christmas) the weather has been low 40s in the evening, and 70 in the day time.
I'm open to discuss anymore concerns or answer questions!
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yes this is true but i meant to say the bolt lay out is the same. and either pan/gasket will work for either.
on the z6 and a6 older motors the oil pump has a dif bolt lay out and the lil hump in the pan isnt as deep as the y7 and y8 pan and oil pumps. thats why whenever wanting to turn a z6 motor into a y8 using the y8 ecu u have to change the oil pump,pick up,pan, lower timing gear and crank sensor or jerry rig the cfk trick and hope it works and never throws a code for this swap to work. i have a z6 in my 96 civic and pass emissions all the time. i figured my way around it.
on the z6 and a6 older motors the oil pump has a dif bolt lay out and the lil hump in the pan isnt as deep as the y7 and y8 pan and oil pumps. thats why whenever wanting to turn a z6 motor into a y8 using the y8 ecu u have to change the oil pump,pick up,pan, lower timing gear and crank sensor or jerry rig the cfk trick and hope it works and never throws a code for this swap to work. i have a z6 in my 96 civic and pass emissions all the time. i figured my way around it.
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If you are using a y7 pan, make sure you are using the y7 oil pick-up tube, and if you are using the d16y8 aluminum pan, make sure you are using the y8 oil pick-up. im not sure what would happen if you didnt have matching pickups, but oil starvation would not be great...
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Thought every thing was the same on the bottom?????? So you are saying you need to change the pick up to a Y7????????????
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he is saying you should us the oil pick-up for the block the pan came from. I have a y8 pan on my y7. I swapped because my y7 pan was dented bad on the bottom, the pick-up had been pushed up a little. If the pick-up is too close to the pan or touching, you will burn the motor up because there will be little to no oil circulating.
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he is saying you should us the oil pick-up for the block the pan came from. I have a y8 pan on my y7. I swapped because my y7 pan was dented bad on the bottom, the pick-up had been pushed up a little. If the pick-up is too close to the pan or touching, you will burn the motor up because there will be little to no oil circulating.
Thanks for the info.
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It is possible that the threads have been stretched or damaged. Since the pan is aluminum it is very easy to mess up those threads from over tightening
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That's what I'm thinking. Or there is a hair line crack at the drain. The reason why I'm replcing the pan. Should be in at the end of the week.