TheIntegraGuy

Well, lately, I've been noticing oil stains on the driveway and my parents are getting pretty mad. Considering the car has 164k miles, I thought it was the head gasket going because I noticed oil around the block where the engine code is. After looking at my engine carefully, I found out it was coming from underneath the distributor. A friend of mine told me it was probably either the distributor O-Ring or the cam seal. Found out it wasn't the cam seal since the area around that was clean, plus oil was coming from the distributor.

So now I have to change/replace the o-ring for the distributor. I know it's pretty easy, but I've never done it before. Does anyone have any experience that they can share with me? Perhaps what to avoid? Any problems I might face? Also, my axles are about to give up..I think the CV boots are ripped as well. Could some of the grease on the driveway be caused by torn boots? I hope someone can help me out. Any help at all is greatly appreciated.

-Thank You.

madman604

mark the distributor where the timing is set at. remove the distributor (3 bolts) unplug any wiring harnesses. pull off o-ring- replace with new ring. re-install everything. line up ignition timing with mark you made earlier. start the car.

CV boots. the axles must be removed to replace these. its cheaper to just replace the axles with remanufactured ones as yours are prolly shot by now (dirt gets into boot).

94CivicSi

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drain the oil before pulling the distributor off.

TheIntegraGuy

Thanks TurboE. Now I guess I have to go get an OEM o-Ring. Nothing beats burning $5 on gas for a $2 item. Haha.

94CivicSi, I heard that I don't have to drain the oil. Can you explain why I would have to? I appreciate your advice, and I do believe that would be the correct thing to do, but if I don't have to drain it, I don't want to. Haha..Lazy *** me.

Thanks again guys.

97civicdx

I just recently replaced the entire dizzy on my 96 DX coupe. You dont have to drain the oil from the engine. Once you pull off the distributor as one unit, oil does leak from the hole, but it isnt a lot. Just wipe it up with a towel, then hit the area with some simple green.

Good luck, Joe

TheIntegraGuy

Thanks alot. I'll be on my way now to get a distributor o-ring. Thanks a bunch once again. I hope this stops the leak.

quik1

If it does not stop the leak it could be your vtec solinoid or cam seal i've had both of them leak down where the engine code is. You don't need to drain your oil for the distributer o-ring just make sure you have a rag to catch the little bit of oil that does come out.

GZR4DR

Don't forget the order of the spark plug wires. Also as others stated, you don't need to train the oil, however expect a little to leak out when removing the distributor.