Oil leak
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Yeah, crawl beneath the car and actually look.
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most likely the vtec solenoid or valve cover gasket.
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sorry to hear those are a lot worse than the above mentioned that are easier to confirm
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It's leaking around the gasket all the way around pretty much
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For a non major cause:
It also could be from the oil on the subframe near passenger side that dropped from oil filter during last oil change.
It also could be from the oil on the subframe near passenger side that dropped from oil filter during last oil change.
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Are you looking at the head or the valve cover? If your head gasket was leaking, you would likely be experiencing misfires and over heating. You'd also probably have coolant mixed in with your oil. It's possible for a head gasket to leak around a cylinder or two, but I've never seen it leak all of the way around.
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Is it Possible for the head gasket to be leaking oil but it’s not mixed with coolant and it doesn’t over heat?
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Idk about all this "head gasket leak" business. I suppose its plausible that the head/block is warped in such a way that a side or spot might leak, but definitely not "all the way around". Who diagnosed the location of the leak?
Imho, i would clean the engine best i could and put talcum powder all around where the head gasket is. Start her up and look. Take for a short drive and look.
Vc gasket or vtec solenoid seem far more likely. I've seen oil pans leak if the old sealant wasn't cleaned off, or from age, or if it wasn't installed before the hondabond started to set.
Was the head ever off? What engine work has been done? Has the car ever overheated?
Imho, i would clean the engine best i could and put talcum powder all around where the head gasket is. Start her up and look. Take for a short drive and look.
Vc gasket or vtec solenoid seem far more likely. I've seen oil pans leak if the old sealant wasn't cleaned off, or from age, or if it wasn't installed before the hondabond started to set.
Was the head ever off? What engine work has been done? Has the car ever overheated?
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I don't think it's possible to have one leak without the other, but I've also only ever dealt with this one time. Best way to approach this is to clean up the engine bay with a degreaser and start poking around the block. I use Simple Green on mine. If you can get the car to a shop, you can have them do a leak down test.
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