Had some cams installed this past weekend and ive been driving the car daily since then and no oil leaks.(i dont think its related to the cam install)

Today i was driving the car hard and decided to check under the car and hood when i got home.....
Immediately there was about a tablespoon of oil on the ground and oil all over the a/c bracket...it appears to be comming from where the head and block meet.....but im not sure..... opinions welcome...

 

Was everything torqued to specs when it was put back together??

Thats what I would look into first, if there is nothing obvious.

 

make sure its not coming from the valve cover as that seems to leak sometimes.

 

check the cam seal and valve cover

 

i agree with ef dog cam seal yo!

 

well it cant leak from in between the block and head so its gotta be like they said a cam seal or valvecover seal

 

It looks to be leaking on the AC so the valve cover gasket would be my choice sence the cam seals are on the left side of the motor .

 

Cam seal unless you didn't torque your head properly or re-used your head gasket.

Nonetheless my vote goes to the cam seal.

 

yeah, when I saw the cam seals you purchased, they looked weak! So I agree on the cam seals...

 

If they did not clean the saddle corners at each and of the head and the valve cover gasket, then put Honda Bond on all four of the corners where they meet the saddles...dollars to donuts it is the valve cover gasket that is leaking.

Kirk

 

 

 

this same thing happened when tortex got his si head, it didn't have a cam seal...it lost something like a quart on his way to school. Thats unwanted oil leakage coming from the seal, buy a new oem seal


[Modified by altoid, 6:22 PM 1/3/2003]

 

looks to be the cam seal if those pics are ur cam seal.....

 

hey, crxgurlllll, it might be your cam seals, or check and make sure your valve cover is bolted on good.

 

definately check your cam seal. although here is a weird situation. i had my CTR cams put in not to long ago. we took it for a spin and oil was coming out. we assumed it was the cam seal and it ended up being the vtec solenoid gasket. but i still think it's the cam seal.

 

there is a special tool for the cam seals they are leaking get some now ones from honda and dont forget the honda-bond on the valve cover gasket trust me it works like a charm good luck