seals replaced but still leaks oil

[mmike0817]

I just had my timing belts replace alone with water pump rear balancer seal, front crank seal ,valve cover gasket and oil pan gasket. After all this done i still have an oil leak with drop like every two seconds. Any help would be appreciated.

[dj_ender]

It would help to tell us the area that it's leaking.

[mmike0817]

It's leaking right below timing belt at the oil pan

[dj_ender]

I would inspect your cam seal and the front balance shaft seal. Usually if it's cam seal, there will be oil in the rear block stamp, just behind the valve cover.

[mmike0817]

Is it normal to leak that much if one of those seals are bad?

[dj_ender]

Yes, if the balance shaft seal has worked it's way out, which is VERY common for the F series, it can leak that much or more.

[Fleetw00d]

Honda released a front balance shaft seal retainer to keep it from popping out. My EX had it happen, it was peeing an almost constant stream of oil out.

[mmike0817]

Now can you see the seal not in its proper position without taking off all belts.

[dj_ender]

I'm pointing at the retainer, if you don't have on installed, you'll able to see the seal clearly.

[mmike0817]

I just check it out and that seal is in place.

[dj_ender]

Then either it's your cam seal, or you didn't install a seal correctly. Last resort is head gasket failure, let's hope it's a seal. Did you have oil leaking from between the upper and lower timing cover?

[mmike0817]

If you look at it from the bottom it look like it leaks from the oil pan gasket right below the belt. I can't follow the leak any higher.

[dj_ender]

Is your lower timing cover on? Can you shine a light down behind the cover and see a trail?

[Fleetw00d]

Did you install the parts or did you have it done?

I had an oil pan gasket replaced by a dealer once (one of the things that drove me to do most of my own work). Some of the spacers from the original gasket stuck to the block and they installed the new gasket over them. Got home - large puddle of oil under the car - I was lucky there was still enough in the engine. Take a quick look, make sure all the nuts/bolts retaining the pan were reinstalled.

[mmike0817]

I have all covers off and I don't see a trail of oil. Seems to be pretty clean till that bottom part.