New Guy Chasing Oil Leaks.

[xformdave]

So I got my CB7 a few weeks ago, not new to hondas or tuning just the cb7. I've got oil seeping from the head in a few different spots, running down on the block, one spot is under the dizzy and the other is along the front of the head. I want to do some gaskets to try and stop the leaks. After some extensive lurking here i've found that the dizzy o ring is a major culprit of leaks on the f22a6. while i'm at it i was gonna do the valve cover and associated seals (plugs and whatnot). What are some other problem spots? Pressure sender? anywhere else?

[Dr. Shuffles]

The plug tubes have two sets of seals (4 each). The upper ones are between the valve cover and the camshaft bearing caps - those are easy to get to. The lower ones are under the bearing caps - those are more work, and a higher chance of screwing something up. The gasket set will probably come with both sets of seals, but if there's no reason to change the lower seals, I'd just leave them alone.

[dj_ender]

So I got my CB7 a few weeks ago, not new to hondas or tuning just the cb7. I've got oil seeping from the head in a few different spots, running down on the block, one spot is under the dizzy and the other is along the front of the head. I want to do some gaskets to try and stop the leaks. After some extensive lurking here i've found that the dizzy o ring is a major culprit of leaks on the f22a6. while i'm at it i was gonna do the valve cover and associated seals (plugs and whatnot). What are some other problem spots? Pressure sender? anywhere else?

If the oil leak looks like this, it's the distributor seal.



Here is the OEM part number:



While your at it, I would recommend changing the cam seal. Chances are, if your dizzy seal is leaking, your cam seal is leaking/getting ready to. It is ALWAYS a good idea to do the tube seals if your going to be inside the head.

[kapone]

If you really wanna go for all the leaks. I purchased the fulll behind the timming cover kit from a local dealer for around $30... and I had them throw in the little metal bracket thing that prevents one of the seals from coming out for like $3(its a recall on later models but not the cb7, i forgot the name of it).

(That was for the part not labor. I bartered a detail job with a friend of mine to do it for me... I was being lazy. )

After that the valve cover and the oil pan gasket I have literaly no leaks at all on a 252xxx mile engine...

[xformdave]

If you really wanna go for all the leaks. I purchased the fulll behind the timming cover kit from a local dealer for around $30... and I had them throw in the little metal bracket thing that prevents one of the seals from coming out for like $3(its a recall on later models but not the cb7, i forgot the name of it).

(That was for the part not labor. I bartered a detail job with a friend of mine to do it for me... I was being lazy. )

After that the valve cover and the oil pan gasket I have literaly no leaks at all on a 252xxx mile engine...

I think I might just go through a lot of them next weekend after assembling all the parts. For doing the oil pan, is that job a bitch or pretty straight forward. . . I came from the rotary side of tuning and that job the third gen rx7 was a real pain in the dick.

With the miles a lot of folks on the board are putting up my 188k doesn't seem like shit.

[djcaz_aom]

If you need any help, I am in the DMV area. Hit me up. There are a few of us in the area that always get together.

[xformdave]

If the oil leak looks like this, it's the distributor seal.

It looks like that but it seems to be everywhere on the dizzy side of the engine. I'm assuming because this is not new leak.

[IBCNYA]

If you have the skills to pull the engine, then IMHO pull the engine, get a complete gasket seal kit and do everything, including timing belt water pump. If one seals is starting to leak the others arent far behind. Fixing one problem can cause more in other areas as the pressure is just sent to a different area in the engine.