92 Civic CX - POS Track Car

[navin]

Effort to port match + $ to buy new TB is not worth whatever HP gain that might occur, if any..

Aftermarket cam gears are just another point of failure - no thanks. Will stick to the stock cogs, and rev the piss out of this motor.

Great thing about b16's is how cheap they are -- just need to find another deal on a bare head and ship it down to the machine shop that owes me a favor from the ITR head dilemma.

[navin]

R.I.P bling m0000gen oil pan.


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Sigh. See you all in August.

[ispoonwithmugen]

Did you use a black light? Or what is that?

[navin]

Some generic dye stuff you can pick up from NAPA for spotting oil leaks easier -- they make the same for coolant and I believe A/C.

And yeah it's a blacklight (i believe) you shine to spot where the leak is coming from, and in my case I think a warped oil pan.

[Senor_Taylor]

That stuff would make my truck look like a splooge fest.

[*insertusernamehere*]

in my case I think a warped oil pan.

How does that even happen?

[JPolen01]

Too much vtec

[V1GiLaNtE]

Too much vtec

Lawlz

[navin]

in my case I think a warped oil pan.

How does that even happen?

been on/off more times than I can remember -- Honda tq. spec is like 8.7ft/lbs and I'm sure its been over-torqued before. womp womp.

[navin]

Welp, wasn't the pan. Quick summary:

New pan swapped on - leaked

Pissed off, tore down the whole thing --> oil pan, timing belt and found this right before leaving for vacation:


In my rage I didn't even think about how I could swap the oil seal w/o taking the pan off, oh well. Read those service manuals kids!

Oil pump pulled off, new seal in. Went to put it in must have knicked a 'ring' inside the seal, FACK. Luckily the stealership has one in stock, pick it up and have a friend who works at Honda pop it in the oil pump. Swap oil pump in, new pan gasket and button it all back up (timing covers, and all... dumb move).

Take it out... LEAKS.

Tear it back down again, and this time I leave the pan on and such. Lip of the seal rolled when I installed the oil pump assembly -- not wanting to risk damaging the oil pump mating surface I order a Blind seal puller on amazon prime and get it same day (thanks LaserShip) and put in a new seal. Left the timing covers off and shit since I didn't want to deal with that again. Let the car run on jackstands and put load on the car via the throttle cable and checked with the UV light for leaks, NOTHING. Took it out for a road test to get some more actual load on the engine... nothing spotted.

Moral of the story.. fuck cars, and don't ever let them get the best of you. All signed up for August Summit event -- just need to nut/bolt check, and re-button up timing covers and such.

cheeRs.

[JPolen01]

Good work man! Hopefully I'll be able to swing by the Summit event.

[Kaan]

:thumbup:

your story makes me want to leave the exxon valdez oil pan alone though

[navin]

Kaan -- I picked this kit up. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://myhondahabit.com/index.php/myhondahabit-oil-pan-gasket-and-stud-kit.html">http://myhondahabit.com/index.php/myhon ... d-kit.html</a><!-- m -->

Fuck the OEM honda gasket, I guess I'll really know how the gasket works after the track weekend. If you plan on using the OE honda gasket, my buddy was telling me the techs at his dealer use a spray adhesive on the oil pan mating surface and then push lay the gasket out and push the pan onto it with a good amount of force.

That and don't be a dummy and HondaBond the gaskets on both sides...

[Kaan]

That and don't be a dummy and HondaBond the gaskets on both sides...

i've seen a lot of people do that and not have issues.

[navin]

2015..