I removed my oil pan to replace the gasket. I am looking at the new gasket and it is covered with silicone (very slick). What is the best way to install the gasket and not have any leaks?
Oil Pan Gasket Installation?
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B-Rad
Just install it "dry", no RTV required or desired...presuming the two surfaces are true and flat.
I actually made a copy of the manual so I could torque it in the recomended sequence
Drew
Just install it "dry", no RTV required or desired...presuming the two surfaces are true and flat.
I actually made a copy of the manual so I could torque it in the recomended sequence
Drew
Thanks Drew,
Larry B also says to install it "DRY". That makes two, so I will install it "DRY" just like the "PROs" say to do.
Brad
With other Hondas the book says, "to put a tiny dab of "Hondabond" in the corner where the horizontal plane of the pan gasket sealing surface meets the radius of the crank seal to be certain where the angles meet it won't leak but Larry sez, "NO sealer at all".
I always use the dab on my other Hondas but NSXs aren't other Hondas so go with Larry.
Cheers
nigel
I always use the dab on my other Hondas but NSXs aren't other Hondas so go with Larry.
Cheers
nigel
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In the case of the NSX, there is no flat-meeting-radius corners on the sealing surface of the oil pan. The edge of the pan is flat all the way around. There are two very small seams for the oil pump housing, and two for the rear block cover, and they do use a very little bit of Hondabond on those seams from the factory. However I was taught long ago, by Mark Basch, completely dry, and torque it right, and they are well sealed. I have followed his advice over the last 9 years, and I see the oil pan gaskets I have redone over the years and they are as he suggested, clean, dry and well sealed
.Regards,
LarryB
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