I have a 1996 acura integra, i jus traded it for my old 1993 honda del sol. The integra is an ls and has a slight leak from the front left corner of the valve cover? Thinking maybe just the a valve cover gasket, which i will replace soon anyways since I am painting the valve cover. Any other idea on what it could be besides that?

 

Camshaft seal...very very very common issue in DOHC honda engines. Inexpensive part, but you do have the remove the exhaust cam in order to change it. A note...when installing a valve cover gasket, it is important to only use silicone in the cam cap corners (8 small spots). Good luck!

 

Not the camshaft seal - that would be on the right side, just before the cam gear. The left side is where the all too common leaky cam CAP seal is. You don't have to take the cam out, but you will have to take off the valve cover and loosen the cam cap on the exhaust side. Get a new metal cam cap seal with the dual rubber seals.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tim2179 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not the camshaft seal - that would be on the right side, just before the cam gear. The left side is where the all too common leaky cam CAP seal is. You don't have to take the cam out, but you will have to take off the valve cover and loosen the cam cap on the exhaust side. Get a new metal cam cap seal with the dual rubber seals.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sorry I mispoke about the cam cap seal. That seal is what I meant...everyone just calls it the cam seal.

 

Thank you for your help, i will try that and see what happens. i will get back to you as soon as i get a chance to tell if that was what was wrong.
Thank you!

 

Where might be the best place to get this part? Any recomended brand?

 

From what I have seen many are the same...the aluminum ones I have seen all seem to pretty much be the same. Here is what a search on Ebay brought up...

Check the next thread by AWD terror! sorry dude!




Modified by weavertime1 at 10:54 AM 10/30/2008

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by weavertime1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">From what I have seen many are the same...the aluminum ones I have seen all seem to pretty much be the same. Here is what a search on Ebay brought up...

http://shop.ebay.com/items/_nk...cat=0</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ebay &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">0 results found for nkw= honda cam seal& sacat=0& fromfsb=& trksid=m27</TD></TR></TABLE>

Fixed it for ya:
http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_n...cat=0