i was doing a maintenance the other day replacing my dist cap, rotor, spark plugs and wires. i noticed that there were oil leaks all over the head cover, inside the spark plug tube, on the edges of the dizzy cap, and the power steering pump. what could this be? could it be some sort of seal or gasket that i need to replace?

 

valve cover gasket and probally plug gaskets( the o -ring gasket thats on the backside of the valve cover)...you may wanna look into getting a full head gasket set

 

hmmm.. how much is that gonna run me approximately?

 

your probably looking around 200 bucks but i dont think you have a choice when your leaking that much oil

 

which number corresponds to what i need?
im guessing 5 and 7?

 

yup...... those 2 will probally run you like 40 bucks....a lot cheaper if you dont buy the whole head kit

 

for those of u who have bought off of acuraoemparts.com or other genuine honda parts dealers, if i bought item 7, would buying one give me a set of 4.. or would i need to purchase 4 of them?

 

What you want is part number 2 if it is an LS head. I ordered this same part off of acuraautomotiveparts.org and it was genuine.

 

i have a gsr motor.. it's funny cuz if i bought 5,7, and 23 separately, it's a lot cheaper than buying them as a set.

 

The reason why is because you need 4 number 7's and 7 number 23's(7 on a LS at least). What you should buy is part number 1 on the diagram.

 

when i put my new valve cover on the valve cover gasket and the spark plugs seals cost me about $40 if i remember correctly. and if they offer you the head kit it's not worth it, it's like $300 and it just comes with a head gasket, IM gasket, and TB gasket which wouldnt do anything for your situation.


Modified by integraty95 at 5:43 PM 6/21/2008

 

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cool this was the answer i was looking for.


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$300? what exactly are u paying for? #1 in the diagram is a kit but it's only like $50