smal oil leak
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smal oil leak
the leak seems to drip down lightly after a day or so of driving the car, and it ends up right around the engine stamp on the block as you can see in the pics. i already replaced the cam seal, re-sealed the dizzy and it doesnt look like its coming from the vtec solenoid. it almost seems like it pudles at the corner of the headgasket. has anyone else ever had this problem? it does have after market internals so the headgasket has around 15,000 on it. on with the pics
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Re: (DC_RaceR)
yeah i have no idea why i did that. out of stupidity i gues. and as for the pics up above, i already wiped it clean so ill have to snap some more tomorrow.
i just put a new valve cover gasket on, and used some hondabond on the corners.
i just put a new valve cover gasket on, and used some hondabond on the corners.
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Im pretty sure its your headgasket. I had the same problem on my gsr swap. Leaking on the same exact spot, dead even, replaced the headgasket and no more leak. Very expensive job
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That's some funny ****.
On the bottom picture you do a half *** job trying to censor the block code and serial number - yet between the 1st and the 3rd photo you can put together what the serial # is and in the 1st photo you can see what the block code is.
Funny ****.
On the bottom picture you do a half *** job trying to censor the block code and serial number - yet between the 1st and the 3rd photo you can put together what the serial # is and in the 1st photo you can see what the block code is.
Funny ****.
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Its not your headgasket.
Its one of these:
valvecover gasket
Vtec gasket
distributor, I've replaced it three times and it still leaked. I used hondabond onthe flat surfaces of the dizzy when I put it on to solve issue.
Its one of these:
valvecover gasket
Vtec gasket
distributor, I've replaced it three times and it still leaked. I used hondabond onthe flat surfaces of the dizzy when I put it on to solve issue.
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i have the same exact thing and its brand new head gasket 60 miles on it i got arp headstuds torqued down to 75 with the lube... did a compression test and they where all between 270-280
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Re: (Syndacate)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Syndacate »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's some funny ****.
On the bottom picture you do a half *** job trying to censor the block code and serial number - yet between the 1st and the 3rd photo you can put together what the serial # is and in the 1st photo you can see what the block code is.
Funny ****.</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah yeah i know i dont even know why i did it to the one pic ha.
and as for being the headgasket, thats what im realy leaning towards too because its the only thing that has a trail of oil on it right on the corner. no oil by the dizzy, the valvecover gasket, and the vtec solenoid has none either. i wiped/cleaned around all of those and checked when i got home tonight and they were still clean and the corner had some oil by it and it dripped down again.
On the bottom picture you do a half *** job trying to censor the block code and serial number - yet between the 1st and the 3rd photo you can put together what the serial # is and in the 1st photo you can see what the block code is.
Funny ****.</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah yeah i know i dont even know why i did it to the one pic ha.
and as for being the headgasket, thats what im realy leaning towards too because its the only thing that has a trail of oil on it right on the corner. no oil by the dizzy, the valvecover gasket, and the vtec solenoid has none either. i wiped/cleaned around all of those and checked when i got home tonight and they were still clean and the corner had some oil by it and it dripped down again.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by del_slow420 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have the same exact thing and its brand new head gasket 60 miles on it i got arp headstuds torqued down to 75 with the lube... did a compression test and they where all between 270-280</TD></TR></TABLE>
Its not leaking from your cylinders. It leaks from the oil gally.
Its not leaking from your cylinders. It leaks from the oil gally.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdm_dc_fan »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did anyone notice his stamp on his motor says b78c5? are all of them like that?</TD></TR></TABLE>
that looks like a scratch...
that looks like a scratch...
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdm_dc_fan »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did anyone notice his stamp on his motor says b78c5? are all of them like that?</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah thats just a scratch or a scuff.
yeah thats just a scratch or a scuff.