h22a1 oil leak - Honda Prelude Forum

dharr67 · 02-10-2010, 06:21 PM

I have a leak on my distributor, like dripping leak. What all do I need to replace?

rpwolf · 02-10-2010, 08:36 PM

distributor o-ring. but if its actually "on" it then maybe its the VC gasket. its hard to say with the lack of info. pics are cool too.

korruption_solu · 02-10-2010, 11:51 PM

Since we're kind of playing the guessing game... I'd say cam seal.

dharr67 · 02-11-2010, 01:58 AM

i wasn't quite sure what to take a picture of for you so i took a bunch. is there supposed to be oil in that area?

rpwolf · 02-11-2010, 02:28 PM

its hard to tell biut you def. got something on the tranny side of the motor. I would clean all that gunk and build up off and see where new oil comes out of.

could be cam seal, distributor, vtec solenoid, vc gasket, maybe even a coolant hose, etc.

dharr67 · 02-11-2010, 03:16 PM

ok so i got a new o ring for the dizzy and its still leaking just as bad. its dripping from the bottom of the dizzy where that bottom bolt goes in.

dharr67 · 02-11-2010, 04:44 PM

i snapped these while it was running, soyou can see right where the oil is coming from. it only leaks while running and once its warmed up btw. i just changed the oil so i'll report back if that helped.

el_baby · 02-11-2010, 11:11 PM

the top of my tranny looks like that... I could have that problem too

dharr67 · 02-12-2010, 01:42 PM

bump?

ike200000 · 02-12-2010, 06:47 PM

have you taken the distributor cap off to see if there is any in there?

dharr67 · 02-13-2010, 01:20 AM

Ten points to you and my smog tech haha. what do i do to fix this?

notice the messed up part in the upper right in the picture? aka the lower right as it is aplied to the dizzy. so something still tells me i shouldn't have oil in there, but i do know where its coming from now. what should i do now?

dharr67 · 02-13-2010, 07:31 PM

Ok, so i went and got a new distributor today, and as far as i can tell, no leak hurray! the new dizzy has an anoying tick though, is that normal, and sould i rotate the dizzy to the left or the right?

ike200000 · 02-13-2010, 08:08 PM

ah glad the leak stopped... as far as the tick sound it might be the new rotor button on the contact points???

and don't just willy nilly rotate it left or right. you need to be very careful to line it up exactly how you took the old one off or else you'll need to adjust your timing. maybe thats why its ticking?

el_baby · 04-05-2010, 10:01 PM

there were my problem... i replaced the broken one with other circular maybe a bit higher but shorter (dont cover the whole gastet hole) and i have a leak again but i think it is less than before