Hey Eric, love your channel. Long time viewer before I even owned a honda. Ive been watching your videos and I have been getting my 2007 honda odyssey exl res/nav back in good running order. but I keep trying to use the honda bond with little success. I looked around and have you heard: someone made an oil pan gasket for the j-series honda engines? what do you think about these and would you be willing to do a video review? thanks and stay dirty!
With Hondabond, clean the surface. You can’t have oil on the surface you are trying to seal. Lastly, Hondabond needs time to set up. I recommend letting it sit overnight before exposing it to oil. OR you could do what I did with the Pilot engine and use an anaerobic sealer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbHVvFVU-Eg
You don’t mention the kind of leak that I have. I have a 2008 4Runner V/8 with a significant exhaust leak at the manifold. I’ve seen online that it’s a common problem with Toyota’s. I can’t tell if the gasket is bad or the exhaust manifold is cracked. Do you have any suggestions? The dealer wants $1400.00 per side to fix it.
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David G
September 22, 2026 at 3:55 am
Hey Eric, love your channel. Long time viewer before I even owned a honda. Ive been watching your videos and I have been getting my 2007 honda odyssey exl res/nav back in good running order. but I keep trying to use the honda bond with little success. I looked around and have you heard: someone made an oil pan gasket for the j-series honda engines? what do you think about these and would you be willing to do a video review? thanks and stay dirty!
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EricTheCarGuy 1
September 22, 2026 at 6:22 am
With Hondabond, clean the surface. You can’t have oil on the surface you are trying to seal. Lastly, Hondabond needs time to set up. I recommend letting it sit overnight before exposing it to oil. OR you could do what I did with the Pilot engine and use an anaerobic sealer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbHVvFVU-Eg
Good hunting
RT
August 3, 2026 at 12:12 pm
Oil leak under engine. Can’t find source. How does the dye work
EricTheCarGuy 1
August 4, 2026 at 5:58 am
https://www.ericthecarguy.com/finding-and-fixing-leaks/
Larry Herschell
January 25, 2021 at 10:45 am
You don’t mention the kind of leak that I have. I have a 2008 4Runner V/8 with a significant exhaust leak at the manifold. I’ve seen online that it’s a common problem with Toyota’s. I can’t tell if the gasket is bad or the exhaust manifold is cracked. Do you have any suggestions? The dealer wants $1400.00 per side to fix it.