Well i was checking out the suspension on my car and I realized that my oil pan has tons of oil on it. enough to take my finger wipe it on and have it like drip off. The bolt is tightened and hasn't been removed for a change for like 4k miles. My car has been burning oil, at least i thought. But the oil isn't really around the bolt it is just on the pan itself, any thought?

 

sounds like a leaky oil pan gasket

 

check the oil filter (see if it loose) or try see if you can tell where its coming from

 

yep, oil pan gaskets are a common problem on hondas

 

how big of a bitch is it to replace that, and can i do it with standard tools or will i need a lift? thanks

 

Try to tighten the bolts a little. DO NOT over tighten them.

 

you just have to take out the bolts, 10mm, drop the oil pan, and replace the gasket and seal it with some hondabond. i think you might need to drop a crossmember also, but thats only a few bolts. it is not very hard

 

Not hard to replace at all. When you get down there, you'll see what you have to take off. I suggest using a thin coat of form-a-gasket on the gasket, and tq the bolts down to 114 inch pds of torque, I believe it was when I did it. DO NOT overtighten unless you want to blow out another one.

 

where can i get some hondabond, i need it for my valve cover gasket too, that is leaking like a siv? thanks for all the responses. how much clearance is needed to remove the pan? like does it need a lift or can i do it with a simple floor jack?

 

You can do it with a floor jack and some jack stands. It's not that hard to do. Just remove your header or stock exhaust manifold, remove the bracket that braces the tranny and the motor, remove flywheel cover, and then just unscrew all the little nuts and bolts that hold the oil pan to the block.

Make sure when you install the new gasket, both mating surfaces are dry. And use some Hondabond on the edges and corners. Oh, and do not over tighten those nuts and bolts that hold the oil pan on. It only needs like 7-9 lbs of torque, so if you don't have a torque wrench, just hand tight with a screwdriver with the right sized socket end will do. And don't forget to tighten in a criss-cross pattern starting from the middle, working your way out.