Originally Posted by stemyluv69
yes, there is a metal plate covering the flywheel. Should be 4 bolts. Just gotta pop those off and the place comes off. Then you have access to all the pan cover bolts. As far as sealants, the grey stuff works well- only around corners and around that metal plate
The engine stiffeners need to come off to get the flywheel plate out (GSR only, I believe). That will give access to the 4 nuts/bolts that you couldn't get to.
The gray sealant at any parts store is identical to Hondabond. I have been using that stuff forever and it works very well. I slathered my oil pan gasket with gray sealant front and back with a knife and as long as the bolts are tightened correctly in a criss cross fashion, it won't leak. Too bad I am still leaking because of an old rear main seal.
