upon further inspection it looks like oil... but it could be dirty coolant i guess?

how does oil leak out there if it the head gasket? is the coolant around the outside?




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cam seal.

 

headgasket...

 

just did some searching.... so i think the head gasket is "seeping" not that big of a deal? or what?

it was here https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=640422

 

replace it.


Rob

 

touch the fluid and smell.. it oil and coolant smell differently im sure u could tell the differents.

 

A little seepage is fine... just clean it off every once in a while, like every time you change your oil. It'll be AOK.

 

lol @ that pic, you sure you aint a terrorist with terrain mapping skills like that?


AHAHA thats incredible

 

wow, now thats what I call SUPER STOCK! Clean up the engine bay a bit and it will look nice.

Now the oil leak could be seaping from the cam angle sensor. Take off that intake pipe across the radiator, degrese the hell out of that general area.. give it a couple of days then try trace the oil leak.

 

1 more thing, change those spark plug wires, the 2 black ones dont seem to sit right, they can pop out while your driving.

 

spray the area that you think the leak is coming out with break cleaner whike the engine is off. making sure what ever you are spraying is nice n clean off. restart the engine and wait a couple of mins or drive around a little bit untill it start to leak again and trace it back up.

 

i've always had a problem with the distributor leaking oil out of the o ring that seals it to the head. check that.

 

i had the same problem on my b16. bought some hondabond and pulled off the valve cover and put a nice bead around the edge of my cyl. head. then i pulled the distributor and vtec solenoid and put some on there as well. no leaks now and im a happy camper.

 

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Ditto. It started with my first distributor change. I've changed the ring and it still seems like it leaks a little. Then it runs down the split between the block and head and looks like it is coming from that corner of the head.

In addition, my headgasket has always seeped a little bit right in that corner and has been that way for over 4 years, with 7 lbs of boost for the last year, and it has yet to get noticably worse.

 

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i will third that notion........... changed my o-ring and no more leakage.

 

hhhahahah Gator, i didnt know you lurked this board as well...

I have the same problem with my ZC, and it is the o-ring. Im just to lazy to replace it.

 

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how does oil leak out there if it the head gasket? is the coolant around the outside?




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probly a cam seal ...and that black air router thing bolted on your radiator, take that thing off ..i cracked my radiator leaning on mine one day...i cant belive they bolt it to the plastic on the radiator. unless your rad is metal i cant really tell