I have an as yet unidentified oil leak in my civic. (the car has a turbocharged LS/VTEC, so I decided the civic forum would be my best bet, hopefully)

Anyway, I have a few things I'm gonna try, and one of them is replacing the oil pan gasket. I have the service manual, and it looks pretty easy and straight forward.

My question is, is there anything other than the oil pan gasket that I need to buy before I remove the oil pan? I don't need to mess with anything else in there, just replace the gasket. Are there any other parts I need to remove that I'm not thinking of, that are going to require replacement parts? I'd hate to get my car up on the lift, and remove the pan, and find out I need to order more gaskets etc., and then have to wait a week for parts.

Any quick info?

 

c'mon guys, everyone seems to know all about brakes, and LCA's, and everything else. Hasn't anyone taken their oil pan off?

 

ttt

 

theres no need to bump 3+ times in an hour.

theres nothing special you need. just make sure you get all the old gasket out before you put the new one on. I use some adhesive spray to keep them on, not a ton, but just a little so that it doesnt slide off.

 

just a few bolts to unscrew and pretty straight forward.shouldnt take u about a hr tops to do so.

 

yep. drain the oil, unbolt it, scrape/replace the oil pan gasket, retorque to factory specs (not quite sure what they are). Helms should tell you

 

The oil pan should be removed and the oil pan gasket removed. An OEM Honda gasket should be installed and all the bolts/nuts to a setting of 7ft.lbs. If you have to remove the header/exhaust system to get to the oil pan then install a new OEM Honda exhaust manifold gasket or donut gaskets as well.

 

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you said that youre not sure if its the oil pan leaking? you should brake clean it around there and run the car to see where its actually leaking from. theres no need to fix things that arent broke

but if youre sure then the guy a couple posts up is spot on

 

on all my turbo cars i always usually added just a little Honda Bond for extra measure. never had a problem doing it like that. but yea its easy and straight forward

 

Make sure you get Hondabond to make a good seal where the gasket sits; other than that it's a VERY straight forward uninstall/install.

 

its easy jus unbolt everything in the way, mak sur u remember wer all the bolts go, u could use high temp sealer if u want but dont really need it

 

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They are all the same size bolts, they go around the perimeter of the oil pan. Nothing special required when it comes to reinstalling the oil pan.

 

yea but you got to take other **** so the pan can come out easy, wen i helped out with my homies turbo kit i ended up taking out random stuff that was in the way, tats why i say to keep the bolts together...but yea its hella easy taking the pan off and back on

 

HondaBond in the appropriate spots, as the manual calls out for. And don't over torque the nuts/bolts.