civic 98 oil pan (gasket)

[Abilio Marques]

I own a 98 Civic. The oil pan gasket was leaking, so I decided to replace it. But I removed the oil pan just to discover that the old gasket was GLUED by some moronic mechanic with something that is so hard that I can bet is epoxy. I managed to CUT the old gasket with a knife, but there are residues of the glue all over the oil pan.

I live in a country where I cannot buy a new pan (is not longer available) nor import it. Would it be a bad idea if I try to remove the residue with a wire brush / sandpaper up to a very small grit?

Any other solutions? Adding red silicone between the gasket and the pan would be a bad idea?

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[mckrishes]

Check out these two videos. Eric went through the same problem.

[video width=425 height=344 type=youtube]AVhXQti8Qv4[/video]

[video width=425 height=344 type=youtube]Lf4nRy6Zn_k[/video]

[college man]

+++++1 on the above. If you don’t have a wire wheel setup
like in the video. You can buy a wire wheel set up for an
electric drill. you can also try a razor blade in a holder
while holding it flat on an angle and try and scrape/ cut
away.

[Abilio Marques]

Which videos????

[Abilio Marques]

I found out that in my Mac I only saw two big white spaces (so I didn’t see videos at all). But the html contained the links to them:

Video 1
Video 2

[Walter Cheryba]

Sometimes a good coarse Scotchbrite pad will help too if you have access to one.

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