Iv had this oil leak since day one. its leaking from under the dizzy. iv replaced the dizzy o ring with an oem ring. and picked up a vavle cover from oriley and their still seems to be drips on my heater hose and around the vavle cover right by the dizzy. it seems to like to cake onto some sensor that's down below as well. can a sensor leak oil lol. should I buy an oem vavle cover gasket?

 

yes some sensors can leak oil. such as a oil pressure sensor. those dizzy o-rings are notorious for leaking though.. bad install?

 

The sealent that goes under your cam caps either was applied wrong , deteriorated overtime or missing clean the surfaces real good and re seal you will have no more leak next to the dizzy .

 

I don't think it was a bad install. first time I replaced it with some cheap after market o ring, but now it has the oem ring. can it be cam seals?

 

Why don't you start off by telling us what kind of car/engine you have ?

 

93 honda prelude s 2.2l sohc. my bad

 

Did you check the cam cap?

 

yeah I just orderd the cam cap. a mechanic juat told me its my crank seals as well as the distributor inner seal

 

The SOHC engine doesn't have a cam cap since there is only 1 cam and it's connected to the distributor, I'd put $100 that it's the shaft seal inside the distributor, you cannot replace it either, you have to buy a distributor.

 

so I need a new crank seal I guess. is their anything else I should buy while the timing belts off?

 

since your there to be safe new water pump wouldnt be a bad idea. some cleaning and a timing cover gasket. than you know all's ok there and dont have to worry.

 

its coming from the top of the drivers side, can it be the cam seals as well as crank seals?

 

top of motor on driver side is cam seal.

 

crap I ment the passenger side. excuse my noobness. I'm stressin on this leak!!

 

its actually both sides

 

Every oil seal behind the timing belt, there are 4. Water pump and balance belt would be smart too. I'd never do a timing belt on my car without replacing the water pump and all oil seals on that side of the engine because then if 1 leaks you're tearing it all back down again.

 

so would this fel pro crankshaft seal set have all the seals i need?
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...d=860136264019

 

You should clearly be able to tell if your crank seal is leaking. If it's coming from the distributor area, it's most likely from the distributor. Crank seal is the bottom of the engine. Oil doesn't leak upwards. If the bottom of the motor, next to the transmission is caked with oil, it's probably the crank/rear main. Sounds like you need a distributor seal and cam one, from what I can tell from your post.

 

Just take some pics or even make a video. Make sure it's clearly visible.