Civic Oil Pan

What is involved in replacing the oil pan on a 93 Civic DX? There is some
sort of obstruction, but I can't tell if it's a motor mount or ??

Is there any alternative to replacing the pan for a stripped oil drain hole?

Many thanks

 

JR,

Try a tap first (for spark plug holes they called it a "thread chaser")
and if that doesn't work consider a "heli-coil" (I think that's the brand
name). For that you drill the hole and run this plug into it, to hard to
explain here... http://www.emhart.com/products/helicoil.html.
Either way you go it is much easier than removing the engine.

David
dgb

 

JR,

Try a tap first (for spark plug holes they called it a "thread chaser")
and if that doesn't work consider a "heli-coil" (I think that's the brand
name). For that you drill the hole and run this plug into it, to hard to
explain here... http://www.emhart.com/products/helicoil.html.
Either way you go it is much easier than removing the engine.

David
dgb

 

JR,

Try a tap first (for spark plug holes they called it a "thread chaser")
and if that doesn't work consider a "heli-coil" (I think that's the brand
name). For that you drill the hole and run this plug into it, to hard to
explain here... http://www.emhart.com/products/helicoil.html.
Either way you go it is much easier than removing the engine.

David
dgb

 

The exhaust downpipe is in the way. It is easy to remobe the nine nuts at
the cylinder head and drop the WHOLE manifold.

--
Charles Tague
93 Honda Civic DX HB
1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
86 Pontiac Trans Am
225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/

 

The exhaust downpipe is in the way. It is easy to remobe the nine nuts at
the cylinder head and drop the WHOLE manifold.

--
Charles Tague
93 Honda Civic DX HB
1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
86 Pontiac Trans Am
225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/

 

The exhaust downpipe is in the way. It is easy to remobe the nine nuts at
the cylinder head and drop the WHOLE manifold.

--
Charles Tague
93 Honda Civic DX HB
1.6L SOHC VTEC 14.85 @ 89 mph,1.98 60 ft.
With ZEX 85 hp ZEX 13.09 @ 103 mph, 1.81 60ft.
86 Pontiac Trans Am
225/50/15 GForce Drag Radials
305 peanut cammed 15.29 @ 88 mph
http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/

 

Check with your auto parts store for an oversize drain plug repair kit.

 

Check with your auto parts store for an oversize drain plug repair kit.

 

Check with your auto parts store for an oversize drain plug repair kit.

 

My car recently had the same problem.
My autoparts guy,,,,best int he state,,,,,btw
suggested a "BUTTERFLY" This is basically a rubber stopper with a
screw and a wing nut on both sides. The washers on either size make
the rubber stopper expand when the wingnut is turned.......We use the
same type of device at work for plugging vacuum lines.
So far it's held with no problems. My wife drove it 2500 miles to
Florida and back and it's constantly on the go.
Check it out....it's designed especially for this problem and it's
cheap and doesn't require you to modify your oilpan.
PT

 

My car recently had the same problem.
My autoparts guy,,,,best int he state,,,,,btw
suggested a "BUTTERFLY" This is basically a rubber stopper with a
screw and a wing nut on both sides. The washers on either size make
the rubber stopper expand when the wingnut is turned.......We use the
same type of device at work for plugging vacuum lines.
So far it's held with no problems. My wife drove it 2500 miles to
Florida and back and it's constantly on the go.
Check it out....it's designed especially for this problem and it's
cheap and doesn't require you to modify your oilpan.
PT

 

My car recently had the same problem.
My autoparts guy,,,,best int he state,,,,,btw
suggested a "BUTTERFLY" This is basically a rubber stopper with a
screw and a wing nut on both sides. The washers on either size make
the rubber stopper expand when the wingnut is turned.......We use the
same type of device at work for plugging vacuum lines.
So far it's held with no problems. My wife drove it 2500 miles to
Florida and back and it's constantly on the go.
Check it out....it's designed especially for this problem and it's
cheap and doesn't require you to modify your oilpan.
PT

 

Mmm, I REALLY wouldn't recommend drilling a hole in the oil pan
without pulling it to clean out the steel shavings - unless you don't
mind little bits of steel circulating about inside your engine.

- Larry A.