anyone else have oil leaking out of the side of the block. on the front side on the driverside corner??? leaking down the side of the block to the oil pan or is this just me. running a cometic hg

 

yea cause a headgasket will cause you to leak oil.....damn noob.

Try vtack o ring, or distributor o ring, or the cam seal.

 

ok before you start callin people noob you ******* idiot please read as to where EXACTLY the leak is coming from. go back to read so you can learn the importance of reading and not skimming

 

Headgaskets don't leak oil, typically. It's probably your oil pump.

 

i'm just trying to figure out wat its from. its only right there on the front of the block on the corner on the driverside. its coming from between the head and block

 

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welcome to the club, its a honda thing, no matter what hg you run you will have this issue, some do it more than others. dont worry about it unless its a lot of oil.

 

Remove your timing cover and check the cam seals for leaks. could be weaping!

 

if its the drivers side corner... then its probably not vtec solenoid, or distributor, or cam seal. since thats passenger side. you might be right hand drive but I doubt it.
If you are boosting on stock headstuds then you may have some headlift, clean it off and drive around out of boost see if the leak returns.

If it returns and you aren't boosting then you want to check your headstuds... worst case you might need to tighten them.

 

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Headgaskets don't leak oil, typically. It's probably your oil pump.</TD></TR></TABLE>

my head gasket leaked oil to the outside of the block....well it happened to me for some reason...one of my head stud nuts got stuck for some reason when i was torque-ing them and fooled my torque wrench to click and when i cranked this fresh built engine i saw a hair line leak at the vtec soleniod area! i didnt drive it yet, i decided to let the HG see a few heat cycles at idle and torque-ed the studs with little higher torque value, finding that one of the nuts rotated more than the others and THATS where the hair line leak was!

clean the block from any leak and let the engine idle a while and then look around where that leak is coming from! and did you change your HG recently by any chance?


Modified by IntegraTypeR at 9:53 PM 3/1/2007

 

Most seem to have more of an issue around the dizzy area. Are you running head studs?

 

are u sure its not leaking from between the valve cover and head, and not between head and block? could be bad valve cover seal?

 

this is a freshly rebuilt motor by me. it has ARP head studs and cometic headgastket. the oil is coming exactly from that place. cam seals aren't leaking nothing. everything everywhere else is clean. including behind the timing belt cover. will try to get some pics for tomorrow

 

why does nobody believe me? here it is again incase someone missed my post.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blinx9900 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">welcome to the club, its a honda thing, no matter what hg you run you will have this issue, some do it more than others. dont worry about it unless its a lot of oil.</TD></TR></TABLE>

happens even more if your boosting.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blinx9900 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why does nobody believe me? here it is again incase someone missed my post.

happens even more if your boosting.</TD></TR></TABLE>

just asking cause some people around here said they switched to stock HG and said it went away

 

If the head gasket is mounted uside down it leaks alot..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike1114 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea cause a headgasket will cause you to leak oil.....damn noob.
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There was no need to be an ******* to him. That was completely uncalled for and immature. Grow up or dont post.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MotorMouth &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if its the drivers side corner... then its probably not vtec solenoid, or distributor, or cam seal. since thats passenger side. you might be right hand drive but I doubt it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

hate to break it to you but there are cam seals on the timing belt side of the head also

also this is a common honda thing.... I think just about all of my motors have done this and there wasnt anything wrong with any of them

 

i'd say cam seals or valve cover gasket (the section behind the cam gear)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by oscarmayer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'd say cam seals or valve cover gasket (the section behind the cam gear)</TD></TR></TABLE>

sorry but its neither cause everything from the HG up has no trace of oil. cam seals are no because 1 they are new and 2 i already checked and they are clean as can be. even removed the cam gears to have a real good look and nothing. its only coming from that corner

 

pretty much every honda motor in existance has a corner leak on the head. if you havent seen a honda leak oil from between the head and block clearly youve never worked on a honda.

my guess is the head is not flat enough around those areas. ill admit im plagued with it.

 

lol your right tho. this is my 1st honda. i have a few friends with boosted hondas but never seen this problem. i just wasn't sure whether i should be too concerned with it.

 

My teg is also has a slight leak...but only slight. Personally, I am going to keep a close eye if it just in case it gets worse but for now, I am going to keep rocking it.

 

I always fix the leak by sealing up the vtec sol, distributor or blank cam seal. Have yet to see the headgasket actually be the problem. Sometimes the oil is so clean its hard to see the leak on the side of the head.

 

you running synthetic?

get rid of the cometic gasket and go oem!

 

If it aint leakin' or burnin' oil, it aint runnin...So how to fix the leaky dipstick tube?