Hello everyone I have a 1997 Acura 3.0 CL, and I finally got everything off in order to get to dropping my oil pan, and re- seal it because of a leak.
The only problem is I cannot get the oil pan to drop, I've been trying to go around the seal with razor blade, and using a piece of 2×4 with a hammer, but still no luck. this is my first time doing this and I am open to any suggestions or help of any kind, want to get my Acura going again, thank you!

BTW, would it be wise to find a gasket once I drop it, or just use all rtv sealant again ? Because when I called Napa they told me that there is no gasket available but just to make my own with the RTV sealant put on the advanced and I believe AutoZone site they are showing certain gaskets that are available for it but, some are performance ones, but the ones on Advanced website are available between 9 and 15 dollars. Or maybe do both(gasket and sealant) I'm just trying to go about this the best I can so I don't have this problem again in the near future, thank you

 

https://smile.amazon.com/Hondabond-H...-no-redirect=1

Hondabond is the gasket of choice for these types of situation.

https://www.oemacuraparts.com/v-1997...lock-oil-pan-2


make sure you have all the bolts off.

 

Thanks so much for the quick reply, gonna check out the links you gave me 👍

 

Hello again, just wanted to let you know that I finally dropped the oil pan and did the job last week, and everything went good, well almost. I waited close to twenty four hours until I put the oil in but when I started the car, there was a leak on the side where the filter is, so I figured I'd tighten those three corner screws to see what happens, and there's still a leak...but they keep turning, they turn very tight though, so what I'm seeing is this : first of all I should've been more liberal with the sealant, and second maybe it took me a little to long to put everything back without an extra set of hands, especially working under the car. But I'm worried about those screws, would there be any type of JB WELD or another product that I should use because I feel that corner area is problematic and even though the screws are very snug, but they never tighten completely like the others do, they are just a tad bit stripped.
I'm dying to get this job done so I can get my car back, any advice would be appreciated, thanks so much.