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Old 02-23-2013, 02:21 PM
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This would suggest either rear balance shaft cover seal, crankshaft pulley, camshaft, forward balance shaft seal is leaking. It will be necessary to remove upper timing belt cover to rule out camshaft and forward balance shaft seal. If those are OK, then lower timing belt cover will need to be removed to determine/repair leak. At this time, you should be prepared to remove timing belt, balance shaft belt, tensioners to access seals.

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Old 02-24-2013, 11:07 PM
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I believe its the crankshaft seal do you know what I would have to do to replace that?
 
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Old 02-25-2013, 12:08 AM
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and the crank pulley has a slight wobble
 
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Old 02-25-2013, 12:03 PM
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Accessing the crankshaft seal requires timing belt service procedures; remove crankshaft pulley, lower timng belt cover, timing belt and balance shaft belt, and crankshaft timing belt sprocket. A seal removal tool is helpful to extract the old seal. New seal should be pressed in w/ appropriate seal driver (PVC fitting or pipe section will work). Seal driver should be just slightly larger than seal opening to allow seal drive force to stop when seal aligns flush w/ surface.

Note, you can't be sure where oil leak iis unless you remove crankshaft pulley and lower timing belt cover to perform inspection. Rear balance shaft cover will leak to same drainage point (bottom of lower timng belt cover).

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Old 02-25-2013, 01:30 PM
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the drip is small and the wobble is slight do you think I can go without fixing it?
 
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Old 02-25-2013, 06:18 PM
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I've lived w/ an oil leak until timing belt was due. Just check oil regularly.

Make sure Crankshaft pulley is not damaged (rubber bushing slipping). This can cause loss of altternator charging and all manner of problems. Place a radial mark on the crankshaft pulle from pulley, across rubber bushing and onto inner drive. Watch to see if marks begin to separate circumferentially. If yes, the bushing is slipping and entire crankshaft pulley should be replaced.

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Originally Posted by TexasHonda

Adding a UV dye to the oil can help to identify the path of an oil leak w/ a good UV light to illuminate.

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Excellent idea! Thank you!
 
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