92ehatch

ok i have a pretty bad oil leak in my car, about 1 quart leaks every 1500 - 2000 miles.

im gonna pick up an oil pan gasket tomorrow (since there is oil all over the oil pani believe thats the culprit)

i know i have to drain the oil out, and i have a helms manual, is there anything else i should know.

it looks to be pretty straight forward. but i wanna make sure

92ehatch

15 views and no answers, this isnt that difficult a question. just lemme know if this is all i have to do.

drain oil, unbolt pan, clean it while its out, new gasket, rebolt, fill with oil.

99blackcivicSi

take off exhast, undo pan, reseal it with new gasket ( i always put a dap of Honda RTV on each corner.

Make sure on the oil pan itself you clean it off REALLY good, and on the studs make sure the little O looking rings didn't come off the oilpan and stick there, if they did your leak won't go away

Luserkid

Yea your going to need to take off your header from the head. Depending on your exhaust setup that might be all or youll have to take off the whole header.

Its a pretty straight forward job.

92ehatch

anyway to do it without taking off the header, i just looked and realized it was right there in the way.

its stock exhaust all the way back d15b7

99blackcivicSi

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its stock exhaust all the way back d15b7</TD></TR></TABLE>

isn't that a two piece? if it is just a one piece, then no you have to take off the header

komat

make sure you dont over torque the bolts
it will either break or the gasket will smash too much and leak

92ehatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99blackcivicSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">isn't that a two piece? if it is just a one piece, then no you have to take off the header </TD></TR></TABLE>

i think the stock one is a two piece, i prefer to do it wihtout having to take that thing off, cause i dont wanna have to replace a gasket for that and the oil pan.

92ehatch

also, i cant find how to replace this thing in my HELMS, there is a page that shows the pan and all the bolts, but no steps for it. anyone know what section/page that is on

my_slow_civic

You will also have to remove the flywheel cover.

92ehatch

why would i have to remove the flyweel cover? is that the piece that is to the passenger side of the oil pan?

92ehatch

komat

u hasve to take off your header or yolu cant access two or three of the bolts

also the flywheel cover
which is another 4 bolts that is cover by the flywheel cover

92ehatch

yes but is the flywheel cover that black piece bolted up right next to the oil pan on the passenger side?

komat

yep
should be two 17bolt and 2 12mm bolt and 2 10bolt holding hte flywheel cover


its a big black cover on the tranny next ot the oil pan

92ehatch

ok thanks man, i need to clean it anyway, got oil all over.

now i just gotta find the time to do this.

until then, ill just buy another quart of oil tomorrow to hold me over

komat

when i did my turbo install
toook me the most 30min to swap the oil

92ehatch

yeah but its friday after thanksgiving and i work at Target, i have to work today and tomorrow. sunday is my first day off.

ill have to wait till then. hopefully my ramps will lift the car enough for me to work comfortably, i dont have a jack and stands yet....oh well.