s_lanteigne

Can anyone know how this could append? My balancer seal pop out while i was driving so my prelude shed all the oil and my engine stick. Anybody I have talk to at honda dealers or any garage have never seen this kind of problem before... something strange, I have made my oil change the day before this append.. could this be related?????????? We cannot prove it is a wrong job of the guy who did my oil change but I would like to know how the balancer seal can pop out just like that????????? anyone have an anwser for this problem??????

natemanas

Rapid heating and cooling, wear and deterioration, but really, that shouldn't happen!

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s_lanteigne

can it be cause by an over load of oil?????????

88si01sh

There is a balancer seal retainer that should have been there to prevent this from happening. Did you have the timing belt done recently?

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GONZO05

this is a problem with the fifth gens also. when we do timing belts at the dealer ship i work at we always install a retainer. they are like 2 bucks. there was a tsb put out on them a while ago.

s_lanteigne

I have change the timing belt when my car had 120 000 km. The balancer seal popout at 200 000km. I never heard about a recall on fifth gen about the balancer seal. I have change my timing belt at the honda dealer and they never told my about a problem with the balancer seal... it is just weird that the balancer seal popout the day after I did my oil change... very strange!!!

GONZO05

its not a recall. it is a t.s.b. meaning that if you encounter this common problem this is what honda recommends you do about it. we just do it as a proactive measure!

s_lanteigne

what do you mean T.S.B. ????????????

spin_r_g

Technical Service Bulletin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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