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Hi,
Please I would like to know while I'm in there if I should just go ahead and replace other parts beside the oil pump O-ring and pan gasket.
I have replaced pan gasket already 3 times, my god and this car keeps breaking apart with 160kmiles and I hope it will last for more years to come.

Now it's having starter motor problems, the other day replaced alternator

 
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Try smacking the starter and/or removing) cleaning the gear on it? My 2002 died (really, didn't wanna replace the bottom end again after the head bolt threads stripped out) after 15 years and 205k miles with the original starter. Had to smack it once to get it turning properly gain, and when I had the engine out, removed and lubricated the thing and worked like a charm fter that

 
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Don’t unplug the crank sensor, just unbolt it and swing it out of the way.

Expect to break one of the exhaust bolts, pre soak with pb blaster few times but still expect to break one.

Front oil seal? Comes off with pump so super easy to replace once pull pump off. Hondabond RTV needed for pump and pan.

Going to pull the timing belt off anyways...

Honda brand oil pan gaskets don’t plasticize for years, clearly whatever you had previously been using is not of the same quality.

 
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Thanks very much everyone
Will have to open and clean or lubricate the starter motor.

Didn't know I needed Honda bond for oil pump gasket. I got that little O-ring on eBay Honda genuine and a pan gasket which claim to be made in Japan I hope. Will see

 
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By “ebay” You mean it’s a actual Honda bagged OEM o-ring from a Honda dealer that sells parts on eBay?

Way too much labor to replace that part to use anything else than actual Honda.