-HONDA-

okay so this morning i go out too my car and start it up let it warm then shut it off for a while cuz something came up around my house! i go back out there and for some reason i just decide too check out how everything is under the hood.
i look and there's oil everywhere by the timing belt area(i have no timing belt cover bottom and top) there's a big puddle of oil by the cams underneath them where the headgasket is possible too see.
and so its all over the timing belt and all over the Alternator Belt and alternator? and it got on the body under the hood. i cleaned it up somewhat. but i noticed it goes all the way down the block by the timing belt?

What Happened?
what you guys think it is?
Oh...motor is a b16a2

B18CivicEH2

clean your motor good with some degreaser and check where the oil is leaking from first...could be rubber valve cover gasket...just check wheres its leaking from first..

EG2Driver

have you opened up your engine lately? Obviously a seal is leaking, check the cam seals and maybe the valve cover seal as well.

-HONDA-

it has a new valve cover seal. and there was oil on my timing belt is that dangerous? is it possible it can skip a tooth due too oil being on it?

B18CivicEH2

are you missing any groumets???if you are, oil is prob squirting out when the car is on..

-HONDA-

where ar e the GROMETS? explain please?

B18CivicEH2

they are the rubber the go under the 10mm bolt that holds the valve cover...ever bolt has one...kindda like washers but thick

-HONDA-

oh yeah they all have em!
oh and i forgot too mention that im burning oil REALLY bad as well! at high RPM's can my headgasket be part of this prooblem?

B18CivicEH2

if your burning oil, i would say is your piston rings...i doubt its you headgasket but not 100% sure...usually when a headgasket goes out, it causes water to mix with the oil...maybe someone can chime in and correct me if im wrong...maybe your cam seals are crap...causing oil to leak out from from the camgears area..

-HONDA-

well the guy i bought his motor from said that he had replaced the rings With NEW ones!
can it be my valve seals? and i mean i burn alot of oil if i stay in vtec for about a minute ill burnoff all my oil almost 4 Qts.

-HONDA-

Oh and compression is 180 Straight across!.

-HONDA-

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iTrader: (1)

Like someone said, clean the motor and try to see where the oil is coming from. Is your oil filter double gasketed? Valve cover gasket pinched? Vtec solenoids leak pretty often. If the compression is 180 across, its probably not your rings. Check your valve seals. How do you know if you're burning oil, since you're losing it at such a fast rate? Your headgasket isnt the cause of your oil burning problems. Maybe your friend tore up another seal inside the motor. It's most likely valve seals though. Just replace them. It's worth it to find out anyway. The oil on your timing belt will not make it skip a tooth. HOWEVER, it can dryrot and crack the rubber because used oil is caustic and it destroys certain types of rubber. It would have to have a lot of exposure though.

-HONDA-

because when i hit vtec or just high RPM's i look in my rear view mirror or mpeople behind me taping it(my friend) and i make my own cloud of smoke LOL.....its really bad and its BLUE=OIL

cibola

Until you figure out where the oil is coming from drive it like an old lady. Degrease the engine at a spray and wash and see where it is coming from. Where is your oil puddle located on the ground that could point you in the right direction.

B18CivicEH2

wow...if you loose 4qt of oil everytime you hit vtec, you got mad problems yo....dont know what to tell yah...

another thing you should check, make sure your oil filter is on tight cause it can leak alot from there..

-HONDA-

ill check the filter in the morning. and yeah i burn off alot! you guys think its worth changing the headgasket though? im thinking of changing the headgasket on it.

B18CivicEH2

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by -HONDA- &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ill check the filter in the morning. and yeah i burn off alot! you guys think its worth changing the headgasket though? im thinking of changing the headgasket on it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i see no point in doing so since its good..

-HONDA-

well i know my heagasket is leaking though? but i as well have another B16a i can put in when the snow melts over here LOL&gt;...