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Old Apr 7, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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hello Guys.

Oil is leaking at the bottom of the cap valve. I see oil stain there.
how to fix this?

94 Honda Accord EX
 
Old Apr 7, 2011 | 05:07 PM
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Cap valve? What's that?

Oil cap? There's a rubber O-ring seal on the cap. Get a new one.

Leaking from the valve-cover gasket? That's an easy one to replace.
 
Old Apr 7, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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the wire that come out from the spark plug cap.
under it, it is where it leaking oil
on the left side of the engine.
 
Old Apr 7, 2011 | 06:36 PM
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Is there oil in the distributor and inside the distributor cap?
 
Old Apr 7, 2011 | 07:34 PM
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Sounds like the spark plug wire....if so there are seals under the valve cover that need to be replaced....
 
Old Apr 7, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Leaking from the inside of this thing? (Distributor)?

Is it leaking from inside this distributor? Or leaking from the place where the distributor attaches to the enigne?


Or is it leaking from the sparkplug holes in this thing (valve cover)?
 
Old Apr 8, 2011 | 06:29 PM
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It is the Distributor Cap.. there are oil at the bottom of the distrubutor cap.

Is there a gasket or o ring need to be replace???
 
Old Apr 8, 2011 | 06:47 PM
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Is there oil inside of the distributor cap, or just on the outside?
 
Old Apr 8, 2011 | 06:50 PM
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i haven't check the inside.. but at the bottom there is oil....i will check over the weekend to see if there is oil inside.
 
Old Apr 8, 2011 | 07:00 PM
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If there is no oil inside of the distributor, then you just have to replace an o-ring.

You will have to remove the distributor to do this. Just mark a line across the distributor where it bolts to the cylinder head on to the cylinder head. You do this, because the distributor can rotate to adjust timing. I put a red line on a pic of a Honda Distributor to show what I mean. By marking the distributor, you do not have to set the timing. All you have to do is to line up the two lines when you reinstall.
 
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