Hello, so I've been having this small leak for about a month now. It's a very small leak, probably a couple drops a day. The issue is the oil is dripping towards the exhaust so my wife complains that after she parks it smells like something is burning.

What i've done is replaced the head cover gasket, I made sure the matting surface was clean and applied hondabond to the 4 points and torqued everything to spec so i know it's not leaking from here. I have also replaced the PCV Valve, the old one still rattled so i know it was still working but i replaced it anyway because it was fairly cheap.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I don't know where else the leak could be coming from. Thank you in advance!

 

Could be tons of things! oil pump, rear main seal, etc. etc. You'll have to clean it and monitor to see where it's coming from. Pics would also help.

 

Thanks for your reply. I will try to take pictures when I get home tonight.

I remember having an oil leak problem with my other car an Acura RSX and it ended up being the VTEC solenoid gasket. When I searched for the part at I found this https://www.oemacuraparts.com/oem-pa...QtYXV0b21hdGlj

#5
Part number 15815-RAA-A02
I have access to Mitchell1 ProDemand at my local library and when I tried to look this up I couldn't find anything about it. I used the term "vtec solenoid" but only VTC solenoid came up I also used "spool valve" and still nothing.
Could this be called something else on this car? I just need some information on how to get to this because i think it might be leaking from here. Thanks again!

 

#6/7 on this? https://www.oemacuraparts.com/auto-p...er=15815raaa02

 

No, it would be #5 that's the gasket/filter.

 

Here are some pictures of the leak. The oil seems to be sliding down this metal bracket holding the exhaust. I wiped this down yesterday and this is from the drive to work and back, tomorrow oil would have accumulated enough to leak on the exhaust which is the main issue. Thanks again for any suggestions.

 

So after some time at the library I finally found what I was looking for they call it "Rocker Arm Oil Control Valve" and i'll attach the instructions for anyone that might need to replace this filter/gasket. This might not be the place where my leak is coming from but I know it is a common place to leak on the k series motors. I will replace it this weekend and if the leak is still there i'm just going to take it in and have the stealership tell me the problem because we all know happy wife = happy life.