Mysterious oil leak
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Mysterious oil leak
95 Accord
Recently, I have been losing oil in a strange place. It is the rear of the head in a small little pocket near the VTEC solenoid gasket directly in front of the of the EGR solenoid. From there it flows down the rear of the block mostly on the right side of the block. I have replaced the VTEC solenoid gasket twice just to rule it out. VTEC solenoid is bone dry. Distributor is bone dry underneath and around the distributor. The distributor inner and outer seal isn't leaking due to replace one year ago. Valve cover and gasket doesn't leak and is bone dry. I ran some dye in the oil and it verified it isn't coming from the valve cover gasket, or the VTEC solenoid, just the little pocket. Car runs perfectly fine as always. Valve cover and VTEC solenoid have been torqued to spec with no leaks.
Seals replaced in the last year, all OEM parts:
-VTEC solenoid gasket and ring
-Valve cover gasket
I know someone will ask, but my valve cover is black, so it's not a extreme leak flowing down
Any idea?
Recently, I have been losing oil in a strange place. It is the rear of the head in a small little pocket near the VTEC solenoid gasket directly in front of the of the EGR solenoid. From there it flows down the rear of the block mostly on the right side of the block. I have replaced the VTEC solenoid gasket twice just to rule it out. VTEC solenoid is bone dry. Distributor is bone dry underneath and around the distributor. The distributor inner and outer seal isn't leaking due to replace one year ago. Valve cover and gasket doesn't leak and is bone dry. I ran some dye in the oil and it verified it isn't coming from the valve cover gasket, or the VTEC solenoid, just the little pocket. Car runs perfectly fine as always. Valve cover and VTEC solenoid have been torqued to spec with no leaks.
Seals replaced in the last year, all OEM parts:
-VTEC solenoid gasket and ring
-Valve cover gasket
I know someone will ask, but my valve cover is black, so it's not a extreme leak flowing down
Any idea?
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Re: Mysterious oil leak
Last edited by djkurious; 03-03-2014 at 02:29 PM.
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