I went to my local mechanic that specializes in hondas. I told him i did most of the work myself on my car and I just replaced my cam seal plug and valve cover gasket but I still had an oil leak. He looked at the engine and said it was the gasket coming from the vtec solenoid going to the motor. My question is looking at this picture do I want part #12 15825-P08-005 FILTER ASSY., SPOOL VALVE?

Here is the link cause I can't copy the picture on my phone. Just realized the link is to a blank page. Click the drop down box and click on cylinder head (2).

https://www.oemacuraparts.com/index....ER%20HEAD%20(2)

 

My other question is can I just take this off the engine with out taking the valve cover off again?

 

Yes, part #12 15825-P08-005 FILTER ASSY., SPOOL VALVE is the gasket you need behind the solenoid it has the gasket and filter screen needed. You can also replace it without removing VC. When I did mine I jacked the car up from behind the passenger wheel pretty high to get the oil to run to the driverside and place a rage under it because theres going to be oil come out when removed.

Also I always buy my parts at hondapartsunlimited the parts seem to be a little cheaper on there

 

be careful when you re torque. the bolts are very easy to snap

 

X2 found that out the hard way snapped 2 of 3 luckily they broke far enough out of the head that I could get on them with vice grips.

 

you got lucky mine snapped in the head :/ o/p yes you can remove the solenoid with out taking the valve cover back off

 

There are two vtec solenoid gaskets, the one with the metal screen that mates the solenoid to the head, and a second smaller gasket that goes between the top part and bottom part of the solenoid itself. Usually, the one between the vts and the head is the one that wears out, but just be aware that if changing the big gasket doesn't fix the problem, there is a second, smaller one that may also need to be replaced. When I had an oil leak in that region, I replaced the cam seal, both solenoid gaskets, and the dizzy o-ring all at the same time.

 

Yes I am going to replace both vtec solenoid gaskets and the dizzy o ring. I got the parts on Saturday and I'm going to replace them all this week sometime.