I was wondering what this might be. i never see any leaks but i parked backwards up my driveway today, and it has an incline. well i saw a small spot under the front of the car and i was curious of what it might be. I figure it might be front of the oil pan? please help me. And also is this hard to do?

 

it might be one of the motor mounts leaking fluid

 

well i got under it and it seems to be where the oil pan joins (the motor?) any way there are 3 verticle seals and two are leaky...anyone attempted this one? im downloading a manual as we speak so maybe i can tackle it..

 

You talking about replacing the oil pan gasket? That's odd, it shouldn't leak. Have you had any work done to your engine? Have you run over anything recently?

 

We actually don't have an oil pan gasket. With the aluminum pans you just use some Honda sealant.

What three vertical seals are you talking about though? What side of the block are you looking at?

Is it coming from between the transmission and the block? If so, Im pretty sure its the real main seal.

 

what's that lol



but anyways to the op, you say backwards up the driveway, but also does your driveway say have a slight tilt to one side or the other, so we know where the oil is being sloshed to

 

You never heard of the fake main seal?

 

it could be oil dripping from the cam seals. I thought it was the oil pan too but it turned out to be a leaky cam seal

 

^ True. Even the valve cover seals have been know to leave oil stains on the ground.

 

im keeping an eye on this thread cause I recently noticed a couple of drops of oil after parking backwards on an incline.
on mine, it seems like theres a spot from the front of the engine and towards then rear. Its about 18 inches apart.
doesnt leak otherwise though so im not too concerned about it

 

so near the passenger strut tower then??? not the best explanation of locations lol


but as far as being on a incline and leaking it happens, wifey has an 02 chevy cavilar (don't ask), but if you park it on a incline pointing upwards, that is also tilted to the right a little, it leaks outta of the passenger side axle seal on the tranny, cause all the fluid rushes to that courner now, which is putting it "under ATF" now causing it to like leak 2-3 drips or so, and then it is done
otherwise the car is leak free with 160k surprisingly (and no seals have been replaced either, other then the crank seal iirc, and that axle seal lol)

 

well on the ground. lets say from about the front and rear bank of the headers.

 

towards the passenger or driver side??? but anyways it seems like it might be a common leak that is just dripping in one spot, but also traveling say along the oil pan to the front, then dripping there too

but yeah what side of the car would help too for finding it (also did you possibly have the oil changed recently, to help make sure it is just not oil on the crossmember itself)

 

i'll take a look when i get under to change the oil in a month or so. other then that, im not worried about it, doesnt leak when its parked on flat ground and dipstick is within normal levels without adding oil between intervals.

 

but the leak will only get worse with time though, but how much time idk, it may be 3 years or more down the road or tomorrow

 

it has nothign to do wiht how you park the car. the oil just started leaking recently.

 

We have live footage of his leak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPPFcy-3Vo

 

, hope your motor is ok then, btw how much oil are you adding between oil changes, or do you just change the filter periodically lol

 

blow compressed air along your valve cover gaskets and oil pan, try to make it as dry as possible. Then crank it up and let it run, see if you can find any leaks. A lot of times, car companies use RTV instead of gaskets, and the RTV breaks down over time when exposed to oils.

 

who the f*** are ^^^ you , have not seen you before

rtv breaking down, not really, but you can say gaskets do the same thing though, then they also relax overtime, which loses tension on the sealing surface which then cause them to leak (so i would almost rather have rtv sealant, even hough it is a bit messy to apply, and prep work wise)

but anyways compressed air sucks for trying to clean off oil, especially with it all embeded and such with dirt, try a pressure washer with some degreaser, works a whole lot better

 

A pressure washer could blow out some of the crud thats acting like a seal though - similar to Seafoam in the crankcase.

 

but you find the leak faster though

 

Lol yea, and probably a few others

 

but no need to worry about additional leaks though, if you keep your engine bay clean in the first place

 

Who am I? A guy that's been in the 1G section for years now, and I'm also one of the mods here too, just don't post as often as others do.

 

oh, i went under the car yesterday and looked around while I was changing my oil and the leak was from the drain plug. I need a new crush washer i guess lol

 

Yeaaaa, youre supposed to replace the crush washer every time.

 

then that might help explain it also
still won't completely explain only leaking uphill though

you are lol

 

yea, i know. I'll get some for next time and I'll get a wrench too. That way I dont have to take the locking pliars to the drain plug

does anyone remember what the socket size is for the drain plug? I know its between 15mm and 19mm

 

Locking pliers.....holy fuck.

Its a 17mm bolt.

 

yea I know.

At least your helping me solve that problem civic