well a few weeks ago, i dropped a locknut down the ports on the side of the valves. and it is supposivel in the oil pan now. i took every single bolt/nut on the oil pan and it wont come off!! i tried hittin it witha rubber mallet, prying it on the corner by the crank pulley. but all it does it chip away at my oil pan. stupid *** thing wont budge!! plz help!!!

 

you have to be missing one

 

all bolts/nuts are out, i quadruple checked

 

pry it softly with flat screw driver all the way around. Probably you need 2 or 3 screwdrivers.

 

if you have a 5th gen honda uses hondabond instead of a rubber gasket

it REALLY makes it a BITCH to take off

you got to carefully pry

take a screw driver and a hammer and hammer the screwdriver carefully inbetween the pan and the block

Once it starts to come off, then it is easy after that

Have fun spending like a hour with a gasket scraper getting all the old honda bond off


Cheap *** honda...

 

Make sure the flywheel cover and everything else is not in the way.

After making sure that EVERYTHING is clear, start prying and pouding until it starts coming loose. There is no easy way about it.

 

and be extra careful not to crack it b/c it is made from cast aluminum, which can make it easy to break

 

a good trick some people do is to use a magnet to attract and drag the nut to the drain hole. Most mechanics wouldnt even bother to take off the pan to get the nut out they would just leave it there

 

I was just going to say that! One nice thing about the aluminum pans...