is this hard too do I would like to do it myself I have a 2000 ex At!

 

You need to take the exhaust pipe off of the header and lower it down. The nuts are usually really rusted. Other than that it's a simple job.

 

I thought that I had a leak from the oil pan gasket, so I recently initiated the same job on my 97 DX 5-speed. In the end, it turned out that the leak was not coming from the oil pan gasket, but rather probably from a seal where the driver side axle inserts into the transmission. Anyway, I removed the relevant exhaust components mentioned by mk (pretty simple), as well as all the oil pan nuts and bolts. The difficulty came when I tried to remove the oil pan itself. It was firmly attached to the block! I tried some prying with a large flat head screwdriver without success, though I avoided applying too much force in fear of causing damage. As I eventually discovered the leak was not from the oil pan, I just slapped everything back together. I'd be interested to know whether you also encounter difficulties in removing the oil pan and how you eventually get it off without damage.

 

RonJ,

How did you know that it was not the oil pan leaking? My car has some oil residue around the pan but b/c of the horror stories of people not getting it off the block, i've been avoiding this repair.

 

 

currently going to attempt to do the samething this weekend to my daughter 2000 Civic EX 2-door. She
cracked her oil pan and I cant seem to find a replacement that will work for under $200 !
How do I go about dealing with the rusted bolts on the exhaust and I also see what appears to be a
transmission mount, but dont know if I need to remove it to replace the oil pan ? Has anymore tried
using JB Weld to fix cracked oil pans ? Need some help. What aftermarket oil pans would work with the
EX because it seems that it is different then the DX oil pan.

Thanks,
Ramiro

 

Have you considered obtaining a used oil pan from a salvage yard?

Removing exhaust pipe A and the engine stiffener (bracket) will give you full access to the oil pan. Spray the exhaust bolts with a penetrating oil in advance.

For details, see here:

http://hondatech.info/downloads/Auto/Manuals/Civic/

 

mentioned in other threads you can use an oil pan from a Y7 around $75 from auto zone and you will need a gasket also but it will fit.

 

Yes it has been mentioned you can substitute a less expensive steel DX pan instead of the aluminum EX one.

 

Yes, I did go to the junk yard and found that they punch holes in their oil pans ! something about EPA regulation.
I will look at getting a Y7 oil pan, I was not certain that it would work. Autozone wants $97 dollars and O'reliy $62.