Hey all first post here. I have a 2002 Honda Accord SE. I have what appears to be a bad oil leak. I am posting some pics. Can you help me identify where it is coming from?

This is a pic taken from the driver side.


This is taken looking at the timing belt cover:


I can't tell if it's coming from the valve cover or the head or maybe the camshaft seal? The problem is that the oil is not dripping on the ground. Must be a slow leak. The only way I knew it was leaking is that there was almost no oil in it.

Any thoughts?

 

Valve cover gasket or cam seal.

 

I agree. Valve cover gasket.

 

Thanks guys, that's what I was thinking but it's so far down the block that I thought it may be coming from somewhere else. Will start there.

 

Replaced the VCG and Sparkplug gaskets. Those were a PITA to get off. Hopefully, that will do it. Thanks guys!!!

 

Oil can more or less only leak down. Yes, it can spray up but only if something is spinning at a high rate of speed and the leak is big enough. The camshaft sprocket more or less will block the spraying up of oil. The only time oil will "leak upwards" is the axle seal it will spray up when it leaks as the axle rotates fast enough as well as the rear main seal as the flywheel will shoot it up and around. .