Ok i have a oil pan gasket leak. I have replaced the oil pan kasket 3 times and it still leaked from the driverside front corner. So i bought a new oil pan and gasket and that bastard still leaks. I don't know what to do. I'm pissed. Oh and i have a B16a. SUGGESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

did you check the oil pan flange for bends

 

Sorry but WTF is that?

 

the thing on the engine that your pan gasket mates to - does it have bends

 

oh i don't know......i'll take everything apart again and check
thanks

 

And did you use Hondabond or any kind of sealant on it? See this thread:

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1069442

 

Yes i used honda bond in the corners. Does anyone think that the block could actually be warped??????I guess i'll just have to do it again.

 

i dont have a b16, but i do got the same problem on my a6. im thinking its the main seal on my cuase im going through a quart a week on my car and the oil is all around the crank pulley. ive changed the gasket used silocone and checked to see that the pan and the flange wasnt warped (learned to do that after changing the gasget on my friends car 4 times) every thing is good. dont now for sure if its the main seal havent riped it apart to check.

 

ok after looking at the oil leak a little more closely, i have decided that the oil is leaking from the oil pump housing. so this means that it is probably the main seal....right?!

 

yes

 

For future installation tips, when you do you oil pan gasket you need to hammer the rivets out of the oil pan. When you tight in you oil pan it makes a rivet that looks like this __/\_ , well every time you put on a new gasket and tight in it down, those rivets will rip the gasket.

 

i'll remember that thanks

 

When i go to replace the main seal am i going to have to drop the oil pan, or can i just remove the timing belt, timing belt cover, and oil pump housing and go from there???????