Honda 11200-RX0-A00 Oil Pan Assembly

When removing the oil pan the following steps should be taken, drain the engine oil and replace the oil filter. Remove the cable with the negative identification upon the terminal of the battery Then elevate the car and place it on stands securely. Take off the splash shields underneath the engine, but before doing so for models equipped with CVT, unlock the connector to the CVT harness and now undo the exhaust pipe nuts. Subsequently, from the exhaust pipe front, cut off the front section of the exhaust pipe and take off the lower torque rod and its bracket bolts. Remove the air conditioning compressor bracket; for auto trans fwd models remove shift cable cover screws and torque converter cover screws. For the manual transmission models, therefore, the clutch cover bolts and cover need to be dismantled. Then, take out the lower two transmission mounting bolts, and the others which hold the oil pan to the block. This is done by gently striking the pan with a soft-face hammer to snap-off and then extract the dowel pin, after withdrawal of the gasket. During installation, one should use a tool known as gasket scraper to scrape off all the remnants of the old gasket and sealant in the engine block and the oil pan making sure that threaded bolt holes are free from these possessions. Immerse the oil pan in solvent, and after washing note any evidence of distortion around the location of the gasket flanges before drying it out. In case this is so, the surface of the gasket should be flattened using a hammer and a piece of wood. Another requirement is to then clean the mating surfaces between the engine block and oil pan on the Bug Eye and between the two halves of the oil pan on the Yamaha with brake system cleaner so that no oil is present on the surfaces. Remove the O-rings and apply a RTV sealant of 1/8-inch wide in the circumference of the oil pan along the inboard side of the bolt holes. In a proper orientation, fix the oil pan and tighten the bolts to the required torque with initial tightening of the bolts to finger tightness and then according to the proper torque sequence pattern. The rest of its dismantling is carried out in a backward manner to the procedure used for putting it together. The last step is to reconnect the battery, take at least an hour before you add oil and for you to check for any oil drip, start the engine.

Apply a 2 mm bead of RTV sealant to the perimeter of the oil pan, inboard of the bolt holes.