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a quart every 70miles is excessive
if it was leaking outta the seal that much there should be ton's of oil dripping out hte crank pulley area

 

You are really having back luck with that R.

 

damn, that is scary!

oil in that region can often = skipped teeth on timing belt + bent valves!

 

damn thats a TON of oil. worst oil leak location ever IMO. such a PITA

 

Improperly torqued cam caps might've caused it. Or maybe not enough lube on the inside, leading to the seal tearing/wearing out?

 

i believe that is my issue as well...i thought it was the oil pan gasket...but over the weekend i pulled the valve cover, and my oil seal on the intake cam was slighty towards the cam...i believe this is the culprit of my leak...i pushed it back in towards the motor and now seem to not leak as much...i've only put maybe 2 miles on the car since...but i'll be doing the same and replacing the bit$%...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by whitelightning &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i believe that is my issue as well...i thought it was the oil pan gasket...but over the weekend i pulled the valve cover, and my oil seal on the intake cam was slighty towards the cam...i believe this is the culprit of my leak...i pushed it back in towards the motor and now seem to not leak as much...i've only put maybe 2 miles on the car since...but i'll be doing the same and replacing the bit$%...</TD></TR></TABLE>

....one word only....HONDABOND

 

Cam seals are a very common oil leak on the B18 motor. You can prevent this by adding extra hondabond around the oil seals on the valve cover and cam seals...

 

grease the inner lip that rides on the cam
hondabond the outer lip that rides in the head so it doesn't pop out
if it happens again
buy an endyn breather because you have too much crankcase pressure because its blowing out your seals.

 

Great idea for tracing a leak. good find!

hopefully that is the extent of the oil loss problem....