christian7750

What could cause this? It's a brand new oil filter, just did LS/VTEC swap.

kp

Okay boys/girls, let's diagnose this Ls-Vtec oil squirter with no details.

christian7750

What details do u want?

kp

Everything. Or else you'll be the 1 millionth HT member who has presented a problem with no details, and then 10 posts later suddenly remembered something stupid they did to cause the problem in the first place.

Memnoch

iTrader: (1)

When you removed the oil filter prior to this one did you double check that the rubber ring on the inside of the filter came off with it?

Or that one was on the new filter?

These are the only reasons I can assume a oil filter would be spraying oil...

christian7750

Ya i checked to make sure the old o ring came off. If you want to know something KP then ask don't be an *******.

kp

Right.


Well if it's not the filter itself then your motor may have ridiculously high pressure inside that would force the oil out around the filter. Is it coming out anywhere else? This was a problem on a buddys motor and it turned out he had his block breather box hooked up incorrectly. It was feeding the valve cover blow-by gases right back into the crank case. It forced oil out around the main crank seal and shot the dip stick out across the garage.

christian7750

Wow, so the block breather box your talking about is that black box on the back of the block? It's only coming out the oil filter.

kp

Yep, black box at back of motor. Try just disconnecting it all together for a bit and see if the problem returns.

christian7750

The engine doesnt have the black breather box on it...it wasn't on the stock ls, so do we need to put one on?

SOHC_civic_si

If the filter is brand new and you DID NOT double gasket the filter, than there is nothing else the filter could be doing to be spraying oil everywhere, meaning it has to be coming from somewhere else. Are you 100% sure it is spraying out from the filter? Did you tighten down the filter enough? Or does it just look like oil is coming from the general direction? Crawl underneath and have someone start it up or bring the car to a lube shop where you can walk underneath and do another test with a better visual.

christian7750

It is tight and i had him start the car while I was watching to make sure it wasn't coming from the hose that we ran for vtec, it came out and around the oil filter for sure.

kp

Nope, but that also rules that out as a problem. I'm beginning to think it's a restriction problem somewhere that is creating too high of oil pressure, the real problem is trying to figure out where it could be. However, this is beyond anything I could even guess at. Hopefully one of the more experienced ht guys will chime in soon.

Does this happen at idle?

christian7750

Ya, we finally got the car started last night and when we turned the car off there was a giant puddle of oil on the floor. Well then at least we know it is too high of oil pressure, I guess we will have to check the oil pump to make sure its not stuck

kp

A "stuck" oil pump (although highly unlikely/impossible) would create zero oil pressure. Def not the problem.

christian7750

not the pump itself stuck, just something with the pump, well if anyone else has an idea of what it could be let me know

JDM Roc

have you tried another oil filter? how was the car before the oil change?

EGhatch87

sound like a double gasket at the oil filter....also check to see if there are no loose wires between the block and filter...

BrownDx

I'd try another filter.

fireblaze2k1

If the filter is for the ls bottom end it should be fine. Did you route the oil lines right to the head?

ChargedLSVtec

Are you using the golden eagle oil port adapter?

honda.lioness

Check the oil pressure switch. Maybe it got knocked around during the swap. Not sure where it is on your Honda but typically it is right above the oil filter.

JDM Roc

or are you tapped in from your oil pressure senor?

Dppope

So could it be the valve inside the oil pump that regulates the pressure?