Have had a JDM B16 in for five days, and am noticing some oil seeping from the head gasket directly under the VTEC selonoid. I can't @#$&! believe it because this engine is real clean; none of the bolts have ever been touched and it runs great. Do you guys think it could be the head gasket?

No oil in the coolant, no coolant in the oil. No smoke.

 

cam seal?..im not sure tho

 

best guesses: the seal, the gasket, or the bolts not torqued down right.

 

could be cam seal or vtec selonoid gasket maybe..

 

do it this way. get a can of brake cleaner and spray off all of the oil and grim at the spot where you think it is leaking from. let the brake cleaner air dry. most likely it will start leaking where you think it will leak. i think it's the cam seal that is behind the VTEC soleniod. DOHC motor has that problem all the time. HONDA has made a plastic plug with an o-ring. I think it works better because the full rubber on shrinks.

 

It could be comming from the vtec solenoid ,distro., cam seal, or from between the head and block. Clean it up and recheck after a good drive.

 

Think I got it...on the head between the distributor and VTEC, I found a thin film of oil running down the side which is probably feeding the pool I found on the gasket corner. I traced it back up to the valve cover gasket, right where it goes over the cams. It is a new gasket too....

 

did you put hondabond on the gasket, just a dab on the corners where the gasket arches up over the cam seals?

 

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Sounds like camseal or valve cover gasket, get new ones and use hondabond like Beerman said. Start with the most common problems first.

 

No Hondabond. I looked right at it that day at the dealership too. Many thanks for the tips.

 

Just get on of those aftermarket cam seals about 20$ STR makes them and that fixed my problem ......

 

thanks guys for your help !!!! everything is fixed now and she's runnnin like new