This DIY was done on my H23, but should be very similar for H22 or B series.

1. Remove coil (3 bolts)
2. Remove valve cover
3. Remove the 4 bolts that hold the cam cap on

4. Remove the cam cap. It's probably in there pretty tight (mine was), so I gentely tapped it with a small hammer, then put the head of the hammer behind the large tab and pulled up slightly

5. Remove the old cam plug and clean the oil out of the groove, as well as the stream on the outside of the engine

6. Drop the new plug in and dab some high temp sealant around the edge to prevent the the cam cap from leaking

7. Put the cam cap back on and tighten down the bolts in an X pattern until all edges are snug, then back the bolts off till you can turn them by hand

8. Torque each bolt to 7 lb-ft


9. Put valve cover back on
10. Put coil back on

 

Nice, there needs to be more tutorials on engine work.. so I can DIY

btw,

is there any reason to replace one if you have a oem one? I looked it up and their cheap and this looks very smple.

 

nice write up

 

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btw,

is there any reason to replace one if you have a oem one? I looked it up and their cheap and this looks very smple.</TD></TR></TABLE>

My OEM one had a bad leak, so I just decided why not pay the extra few $$ and get a good one (OEM doesn't have the O rings to help the seal)

 

I don't like the way your head looks inside... Definitely some shitty oil lives here.

But write-up is helpful. BTW I used an OEM one with lots of hondabond around.


Modified by pentaq at 12:14 AM 10/12/2006

 

Nice write-up. Where did you get you cap by the way?

 

For 173k, it's in decent shape. I try to keep up with oil changes. It's actually cleaner then it was when I got the car

 

To really DIY you need to first make the plug on a lathe:

 

i got a triple seal plug for about 15 dollars. way way better than the oem one.

 

Nice write up!

 

yeah really nice write up i wish more people would do these. maybe we should start a permanent thread for DIY installations? it doesnt matter how simple or complex, like headers, air intakes, suspensions etc

 

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That would kinda be cool.

 

yeah that would be very informative!

 

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thats what the FAQ is for. they have all kinds of DIY's in there.

 

ntpog has a bunch too.

and for everything....

just buy a helms

 

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I used a b-series one when I replaced mines. I pulled the old one and noticed the rubber was stamped p30 (think b16a), so I called my friend @ honda and verified that its the same #. I got the b-series aluminum/o-ringed one and it fit fine.

PS. from what I can tell, obd-1 h22a's use the full-rubber one like obd0/1 b-series engines (the p30 rubber camseal). obd-2 b-series (maybe obd2 h-series? didn't check), use a snap-in plastic piece w/ a o-ring.

 

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Hmm, never knew h23's have a slot in the intake cam too? wonder what happens if you mix the cams up lol. (its late, I'm going to get some sleep).
-l8r

 

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Modified by pentaq at 12:14 AM 10/12/2006</TD></TR></TABLE>

holy crap! what is all that buildup in the head? maybe its just me, but that **** looks bright red? you must have some kind of oil starvation problem and its just getting cooked onto the internals. i have the same leak in that cam seal, i think its because the stock cam seal has really crappy o-rings that deteriorate pretty easy. but man id want to know what was going on in my head if it looked like that!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bluedlude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">holy crap! what is all that buildup in the head? maybe its just me, but that **** looks bright red? you must have some kind of oil starvation problem and its just getting cooked onto the internals. i have the same leak in that cam seal, i think its because the stock cam seal has really crappy o-rings that deteriorate pretty easy. but man id want to know what was going on in my head if it looked like that!</TD></TR></TABLE>

im assuming the red on the spark plug tube is a sealeant for the spark plug tube seals

 

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im assuming the red on the spark plug tube is a sealeant for the spark plug tube seals</TD></TR></TABLE>

ill agree with you about the sealant, but i cant think of any reason that the metal in the head and the retainers are almost the same color red as the sealant. if thats normal, ill be sure to never use red RTV because ive never had anything like that happen.

 

red is fine its most likely engine assembly lube....but hey where did you buy your cam seal at?

 

The red tint is some trick of the light. It doesn't look like that in person (more of a brown color). Anyway, I got the seal at a local shop, but they're all over eBay