how hard is it to change that? I mean i know i have to take off the down pipe or atleast move it but is there anything else i have to take off?

 

it's not real hard.

You'll need to remove the splash shield.

Then unbolt the downpipe from the header, unbolt the brace holding the downpipe to the block, remove the exhaust hangers from near the PS rack, this will allow you do drop the downpipe out of the way to get a better view of what your doing. Plus it makes it nice when your putting the oil pan back up there.

You'll also need to remove the center beam of the from subframe.

There is a plate at the bottom/side of the tranny, you'll need to remove that to get to a couple of the nuts on the oil pan.

Then you should be able to just unbolt the nuts/bolts and remove the oil pan.

Make sure you clean both surfaces real good before installing the gasket.

Use some Hondabond around the half circle on the oil pan.

When reinstalling, put the 6 nuts finger tight first to hold the oil pan up, then install all the nuts and bolts starting from the middle of the oil pan going around in a clockwise rotation. Tighten the nuts and bolts in three steps, gradually working up to 10lb-ft. Do not over tighten as that can cause distortion of the gasket and cause leaking.

Hope that helps.

 

it does alot. i'm not sure if im leakign from there but it looks like i am. i just changed my oil today, and there was moisture around the gasket, so im guessing its going.