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I unscrewed all visible nuts and bolts that hol it, it's not comming off!
Also I noticed, my oil pan made out of aluminum and uses a paste, rather then "normal gsket".
Is there a special technick I need to use? Tools?

Please help

 
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it has paste around it not a gasket. I used copper something paste to repaste it up. Also aluminum isbetter than plastic, thats what the lx has.

 
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If it's a manual, you have to take off the brace across the shallow part of the pan. It uses four bolts-two 12mm and two 14mm, I believe.

 
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Yep, there's a brace on the shallow part, also the LX Oil Pan is not made of plastic, no oil pan is....

 
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well I wasnt sure of plastic, but I do know its made of cheaper material, dont exactly know what material, but considering plastic is cheap, I said plastic.
IM 100% sure that the lx model has a cheaper oil man than the ex model.

 
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if you have removed all the nuts and studs holding it on, then i recommend tapping it with a rubber mallet...basically you just have to break the gasket seal...that is probably what is giving you trouble...i ran into that when i took mine off the first time

 
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Look in through the wheel well on the drivers side and there is a tab at the top of the pan. You have to pry on that tab while hitting the pan with a rubber mallet. Also, if you go under the car from the front, there is another tab on the oil pan towards the tranny. Pry on that while beating it with a rubber mallet. I also took a gasket scraper and lightly tapped it in along the pan to help break up the seal.

 
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one of the models is made of something that is not WELDABLE.

 
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The EX is made of aluminum which requires a more exclusive welder to weld, but it ain't unweldable...

 
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Yeah, its off now!
I used mini-pry bar, as advised, and pulled it off corenrs. It came off, but the hell, it was difficult, it did not want to let go..it was holding to the cylynder block as mother to her child...

 
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i have welded the pans on an Lx, Dx, Hx, and Ex.

The only difference is that the vtec models have an aluminum pan while the non-vtec models have a steel pan.

 
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Also it was pain in the butt to put the pan back on, but its finaly done.
The most difficult part if the project so far..

 
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Sounds like your getting close to being done??? Hows it coming? Not too bad of a fitment like everybody who DOESNT have the kit says.