Oil Pan Is Stuck!!!!
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I need help..... what can i do to get it off... i have all the nuts and bolts off and can't get anything to wedge into the little section to pry it off... what can you guys say to help me out here!!!! I need this info guys!!!!
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that last person i helped get off their oil pan was Sam 
anyways.............there are little tabs on the oil pan u can get on with a pry bar and beat the pan with a rubber mallet.

anyways.............there are little tabs on the oil pan u can get on with a pry bar and beat the pan with a rubber mallet.
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ic u said that u can't get in there to pry..........if u turn u wheels to the left u can get in there .........or there is a tab on the pan towards the front of the car near the tranny.
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just keep hitting it and pulling one it.
take a break then do it again
after a while from pulling on it you'll see it seperating a little bit cause the gasket sealent is loosing up. Then wedge a screwdriver in there and it should pop off.
?, how many bolts and screws do you count?
take a break then do it again
after a while from pulling on it you'll see it seperating a little bit cause the gasket sealent is loosing up. Then wedge a screwdriver in there and it should pop off.
?, how many bolts and screws do you count?
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i used the tab that is towards the front of the car, near the tranny and got on it with a pry bar and beat the pan really hard with a rubber mallet. Took me about 5 min.
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OK... and i noticed on the back of the pan... well a little above the back side of the pan... it looks like there is a a plug, about the same size and my oil pan fitting that i'm gonna be using... it is a Hex Plug... does this go to the oil pan? and if i can get this plug out can i screw my fitting into there and go? lemme know... thanks!!!!
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Originally Posted by REDchirp
OK... and i noticed on the back of the pan... well a little above the back side of the pan... it looks like there is a a plug, about the same size and my oil pan fitting that i'm gonna be using... it is a Hex Plug... does this go to the oil pan? and if i can get this plug out can i screw my fitting into there and go? lemme know... thanks!!!!
i have no idea what you are talking about.........the only plug is the drain plug. The oil pan fitting for ur return line goes on the front side of the pan.
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Yea i took those brackets off... everything is off... my dad.... (owner still of the car) just doesn't want me to have to break the seal of the oil pan and was wondering if that plug went to the oil pan and the oil fitting could just be screwed in right there... but i will prob just go at it wit a rubber mallet... but if i go at it wit a rubber mallet it'll stop to come loose pretty quickly right??? i don't wanna be sitting there hitting it for an hour... lol
there shoould be a little lip that runs all along the edge of the oil pan. Get some vise grips, clamp them to the lip then pull down using ur body weight and stick a flathead screwdriver in. That worked for me.
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Mine came off pretty hard too, although I didn't have to pry it at all. After all the bolts were out I hit it with a rubber mallet alternating sides (front then back). After about 20 swings or so I just grabbed it and pulled the whole thing toward the front and it popped off.
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got it off!!!! banged on it with a rubber mallet... and then took a 14mm open ended wrench and stuck it in the front left corner of the pan where there was a good sized lip, and got leverage on it and pulled that baby right down... worked like a charm for me... thanks guys!!!!
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^^^honda bond? i'm getting my oil pan off too... so is this a sealant like the silicone? can I use silicone? or do I have to buy a new seal from honda dealership? thanks!
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