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D series oil pans

By EJ1-danny
- Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:38 pm #268815 Can I use a d16y7 non vtec oil pan on a d16z6 vtec motor ??
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By forcefedEG
- Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:45 pm #268821 Yes only as long as there both steel they will work y8 is aluminum there different but can be made to work
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By teal_dx
- Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:48 pm #268822 d16y5 is also aluminum. The only thing I'd double check is dipstick clearance since OBD1 motors have them on the front center and OBD2 motors have them on the corner.
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By EJ1-danny
- Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:11 pm #268827 how can i tell if its steel or aluminum ??? my oil pan is black if that helps lol a friend was telling me you can tell by the color idk if thats true
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By Eg6H2D
- Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:28 pm #268872
teal_dx wrote:The steel ones are painted black. The aluminum ones are the same color as a valve cover.



^^ :thumb:
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By EJ1-danny
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:11 pm #268957 just found a d16z6 pan for really cheap just going to mess with that one but thanks for your response people !!!!
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By d-mon
- Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:27 am #269294 it is worth mentioning in this thread that not all the holes will line up when bolting an obd2 oil pan to an obd1 block, and vice versa.
honda moved them a few of them around from obd1 to obd2.
this can be fixed with a drill and the gasket for the block as a template.
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By DontHateonEG8
- Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:53 am #269295
EJ1-danny wrote:how can i tell if its steel or aluminum ??? my oil pan is black if that helps lol a friend was telling me you can tell by the color idk if thats true


magnet will attach to the metal one and not to the aluminum
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