redracer1024

I have a 98 GSR with 102k miles and every time I hit VTEC it smells like oil I notice that oil is leaking right around there and its not alot but It settles where the head meets the block rite by cyclinder number 4. Does my vtec solenoid need a new gasket or could it be the headgasket? Its acumulating on the block now behind the exhaust manifold from all the build up of the oil leaking down. Oh and my friend was fallowing me one day and said Im getting a lot of black smoke out my straight thru weld on muffler? could the gasket be the problem?

YEABOY

if it was head gasket your car would prob run like crap. Check your Coolant and you oil. Wen you do a Oil change look at oil and make sure its not milky white. I suggest change the gasket from the Vtec Selinoid.

redracer1024

yea im change the gasket on they solenoid and clean all the oil build up and see if it still leaks I dont think its the head gasket but then again I am shooting black some black smoke out the exhaust

eclipsegsx012

But black smoke mean burning oil. When you blew headgasket white smoke out of the exhaust.

redracer1024

so if my solenoid gasket is bad would that mean that oil is gettin in to my combustion chamber and thats whats cause the black smoke or could it be some thing else?

b20integrapower

wat the? how is black smoke a sign of burning oil? if u were burning oil the smoke would have a bluish grey tint to it...if its black ur running rich...and i doubt its your head gasket..

redracer1024

I was reading another thread on here and the guy was leaking oil in th same spots (under the distributor and down the front by the stamp plate where the head and block meet) but that was SOHC and his was vtec too but I think mine is happing when im hitting vtec it was saying that it could be the distributor o-ring? could that be it? Imma pull the cap and see if there is any oil in there. anybody else got any other input?

redracer1024

okay then its not the headgasket cause my smoke is really black so that means Im running rich.

Tizight

If it were the head gasket you'd be burning coolant and your have a low idle.

Something with the rings maybe.

redracer1024

anybody else?

JDMC-Kamel

check the cam plug behind the vtec sol.
check the valve cover gasket seal also