95halx

My 95 accord is leaking oil and getting worse. I change the oil pan gasket and valve cover gasket. But its leaking from somewhere else. Is there another common place for the oil to leak, there is oil on the black tube above the oil filter between that and the valve cover.
Any ideas?

holmesnmanny

Can you take a clear picture ?

95halx

I will try tomorrow.

jdmcertified909

use dye for oil. they sell it at autoparts. pour some of that die into the oil and use black light to find it. easy as that. no headaches or anything. or what you could try doing is cleaning the engine completely get rid of all that oil and look for fresh spots. it could be the oil pressure switch thats leaking but im not saying thats the problem

jdmcertified909

also it might sound like it wouldnt be this but it could be your cam seals. it could be leaking from there cam seals leaks always go towards the back of the engine

djkurious

^this or the oil pressure switch. If it is leaking from the Cam seal, it usually has a passage way it follows to the back of the engine, like a ledge, then the oil spills from there. If the oil filter is wet with oil, its the oil pressure switch.

95halx

Kinda looks like its coming from behide the cover for the timing belt cover, and that black passage tube is wet. Oil filter is dry.

jdmcertified909

sounds like a cam seal leak

StreetsideStig

Beat me to it. But I agree. It's likely the oil pressure switch. Super cheap part to replace. Easy, too.

95halx

You guys think oil press switch or cam seal?

jdmcertified909

you did say it was leaking by the timing cover that indicates cam seal

95halx

So never done a cam seal but sounds like theat would be the time to do water pump, timing belt, and valve cover gasket right.

Lost Again

You can always pull the upper timing cover and then start the car and see if it leaking - or as soon as the cover is off you might know

jaymz_d

Mine is notorius for leaking into the spark plug holes too.

BrotherAli

Well there are two sets of seals one at the top on the cover and another set at the bottom somewhere. I changed the top but still have some slight oil on the spark plugs.

This will probably help:

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StreetsideStig

^I've made great use of this video. Good old Eric.