thats odd i never have leaking problems..like Kj said look into the other spots..oil will leak from there and follow a path till it goes down..you might just be leaking from the valveCover,i myself do away with all the stock outter valve cover bolts and replace them with stainless bolts so i dont need the cheap nut on top and can Tq it down a bit more

 

Honda head gakets don't leak oil!!! I've been doing this stuff for a long time, trust me, check the other gaskets.

 

what could it be.... like whats the other options???

 

this is what you need to do put a new gasket and also put a copper spray on the gasket before you put in on that should fix the leak but before you do that check your cams seal were is the cam gears located it might be leaking in there.

 

this guy knows his stuff listen to him.....

 

trying to make sure this dude selling me a teggy and i dnt want a car thats gonna break dwn on me and shit.. so ima go check that out and see whats up... thx civic

 

the dude said it started a week ago... and he dnt got the time to fix it.. if not attended to can it porph the whole engine??? and if honda engines dnt leak from the gasket then where else is it possible for it to leak???

 

Here is a copy of a pm I sent to someone on headgaskets leaking oil:

"If a B series head gakset is to leak there are only two ports of pressurized oil. One is at the rear of the head below the middle of the intake manifold where the main oil control orifice is. The other is on the back of the head towards distributor that is where oil for vtec operation is fed. All the oil paths in the front of the head on the header side is gravity oil return, they will not leak unleass a huge gouge was taken out of the block/had when the motor was apart last and a new gaket won't fix that. The only times I've ever seen a b series head gasket leak oil is if it was installed upside down or the vtec conversion was done wrong on an lsvtec.

Now where you say you see oil is where the oil will naturaly drain when it is leaking higher on the motor, I'd bet the cam plug vtec solenoid, distributor o ring or valve cover. The timing belt cam seals can also leak along with the main oil galley plugs for the rocker shaft. All of those things can leak oil and it will run to a spot and make it look like a head gasket.

Here is an old V8 trick. Clean the motor really well with brake parts cleaner and let it dry. Take flour and throw it onto the engine on the dizzy side, yes it will be messy. The flour should stick to the engine. Now run the engine for 20 miles or so and then look at it. The path of the oil leak will be traced through the flour. How you clean it up is up to you, lol."

 

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kj knows his shit, just listen to the man, and if you feel iffy on this car, walk away.