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Old May 8, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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Wanna make sure if this is a head gasket leak? Engine oil disappears alone with coolant, but not mixing together. Also, there is no smoke from the exhaust at all. Just took the flywheel cover to check if theres any leak from the main seal - all dry and clean.
So, this is the only fresh-oil spot i found
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Old May 8, 2010 | 02:08 PM
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did you check around the valve cover and cam seal? could be running down tge side of the head and pooling there
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Old May 8, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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did you check around the valve cover and cam seal? could be running down tge side of the head and pooling there
Yeah, everything seems to be clean and dry. Even Vtec solenoid gasket. Im losing a qt of oil every 250-300 miles and the same amount of coolant, i think. You can see, there is oil under the header. I can smell burning oil while driving with open roof too. Im tired of this crazy oil consumption
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Old May 8, 2010 | 06:04 PM
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i had that too. a k or so miles later after i first noticed it, i had to make plans to pull the motor. find out what it is quick! lol


in my case, i didnt do anything about it. later on my pistons/rings are blown. 115k miles, 01 gsr
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Old May 9, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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it looks like the same thing i had on my car.take out your distributor change the o-ring and your good to go.
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Old May 9, 2010 | 06:26 PM
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i have the same problem.
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Old May 9, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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clean it with brake cleaner and drive it around the block. then see where the oil is coming from. most likely the cam seal
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Old May 9, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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Coolent and oil lose a good sign of a blown head gasket, but like already mentioned clean with brake cleaner then take it for a spin and check, do a compression check...Most of the time it's a bad cam seal, or the O ring around dizzy.
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Old May 10, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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**** yea!! thanks ive also been having this issue!! I gotta get myself a new O-ring!!
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Old May 11, 2010 | 05:37 AM
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Default Re: Is my head gasket leaking? (Pic inside)

If you're losing coolant along with oil then yeah it's gotta be a blown head gasket. Any white smoke out the tail pipe?

I had oil in the same area, replaced cam end plug, VTEC switch housing gasket, and distributor o-ring, and none of those fixed it. Later I replaced the smaller gasket on the actual VTEC solenoid (the little round housing, gasket was original at 280K+ miles) and that fixed it right up.

But with your coolant loss I would be more suspicious of the blown head gasket.
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