Burning oil smell - Honda Prelude Forum

RedH22A1 · 04-01-2003, 07:22 PM

OK , I have an 93 Si with 110K miles , I recently got my valve seals fixed , timing belt , water pumped changed and etc...my problem is when I come back from work , park , turn off my engine , i smell burning oil ...it did this even before i had my valve seals fixed...I think there might be an oil leak but I dont see any...What could be wrong? Im asking this before I bring it back to the shop. Thanks.

- Cordova

JJLuDe · 04-01-2003, 07:31 PM

maybe the oil filter aint on right

G_Loc · 04-01-2003, 07:50 PM

oil is leaking onto a hot exhaust part or just a hot part of the engine.

check the valve cover gasket around the edges and see if its leaking. my engine leaks from somewhere in the rear and onto my exhaust where it burns.

RedH22A1 · 04-01-2003, 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by JJLuDe
maybe the oil filter aint on right

There's another way to install an oil filter? Well , I checked its hand tight.

RedH22A1 · 04-01-2003, 11:40 PM

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Originally posted by G_Loc
oil is leaking onto a hot exhaust part or just a hot part of the engine.

check the valve cover gasket around the edges and see if its leaking. my engine leaks from somewhere in the rear and onto my exhaust where it burns.

Checked valve cover gasket ... Looks good to me , no signs of oil leak...

- Cordova

Qveon · 04-02-2003, 11:05 PM

mine does the same

HI HO · 04-03-2003, 03:58 AM

Our oil cooler, which is between the filter and the block, has an O-ring seal. Mine was leaking slowly and dripping on the flex pipe giving me the same problem. I could smell it in the car after sitting at a stoplight. On the coldest day of this winter the O-ring broke and I finally knew where the leak was coming from cause it was no longer just dripping. I changed the O-ring - no more burning oil smell - unless I back up into my own exhaust.

G_Loc · 04-03-2003, 07:34 AM

oh yea.. that damn o-ring

it completed busted on me one day... made a hell of a mess. good thing i was in my driveway when it happened...

check that out too

SoFlaLude · 04-03-2003, 08:21 PM

Could that oil-cooler seal be the reason my car has a slight burning-oil scent after a few nice hard runs? When I go easy, it doesn't seem nearly as bad as when I start pulling up to redline...

G_Loc · 04-03-2003, 11:29 PM

did you check the valve cover, rear cam rubber-cap-thingy, and the distributor seal?

but yea, could be the oil cooler seal or the oil pan gasket.

mine stopped leaking oil for a few months after i replaced the oil pan gasket, but started leaking again from somewhere else...

the joys of owning an old car.

RedH22A1 · 04-04-2003, 12:43 AM

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Originally posted by HI HO
Our oil cooler, which is between the filter and the block, has an O-ring seal. Mine was leaking slowly and dripping on the flex pipe giving me the same problem. I could smell it in the car after sitting at a stoplight. On the coldest day of this winter the O-ring broke and I finally knew where the leak was coming from cause it was no longer just dripping. I changed the O-ring - no more burning oil smell - unless I back up into my own exhaust.

Ahhh...OK i'll check it out tomorrow ...Never thought of that... Thanks alot guys!

- Cordova

rkonfire · 11-20-2003, 04:11 AM

I had the same problem. This past week it's been below zero and I think that's when the O-ring went on me. Seems to not like the cold :S I got it replaced and everything seems to be fine.

yohan420 · 11-20-2003, 07:18 AM

When you got all this headwork did you get an oil change??

some places are sloppy and when they undo the filter oil leaks onto exhaust ..

preylude2Fast · 11-20-2003, 10:07 PM

if it is not the oil cooler check the main oil pan seal mine leaks onto the exhaust and does the same thing it only took about and hour and a half and 46.65 at advanced auto to fix ....now no more smell

RedH22A1 · 11-20-2003, 10:54 PM

OK who dug up my old post ? Haha

The lude is gone already...