waid302

Thank you. I really appreciate your help!

Waid

waid302

Soon after I posted this question, the Honda Accord developed rear main seal leak. I replaced the rear main seal myself and it was a pain in the a** to remove front wheel drive automatic. Alternative was $1100 at a dealer.

Honda indeed uses RTV on the rear main sear cover, the oil pan and the front cover. I thought I was going to break the oil pan and rear cover when I was prying them off. The oil pan had to be removed because the rear cover that holds the o-ring much be installed first and has dowel pins.

The Hondabond 08718-0004 is some kind of RTV & Adhesive. When I went to get Hondabond, I spoke to a mechanic who told me to press the oil pan after applying the RTV and it will hold the oil pan up which it did while I was getting the bolts. I did some more digging and it turns out a lot of people use this stuff on other than Hondas.

Since I have this stuff now, I will use it on the 96 Explorer's Timing Cover. This is indeed really good stuff.


Waid