blitz wrote:
>
> First, it blows the front idler shaft seal and barfs mucho oil.
>
> Replaced that one, and the crank and cam seals. The cam seal isn't
> awfully tight, and it's a shallow hole. Sure enough, it blows the cam
> seal, idling in the drive.
>
> I don't see anyone mentioning this in 6 months of posts on aah. Did
> NAPA give me the wrong seal? It's the exact match of the front idler
> shaft seal. PCV? Excess oil pressure?

I've never had a problem using OEM seals. Clean the seal bore, then apply a
thin coat of ultra gray silicone to the outer lip of the seal, and apply
silicone grease to the inner lip where it rides on the seal journal of the
cam. Also make sure that you've installed the seal retainer for the counter
balance shaft seal. It's an updated part from Honda that guarantees that
the newly installed seal won't pop back out. Without it, you might
experience the same problem once again. By the way, make sure you don't
install the cam seal too far in the bore. The face of the seal should be
flush with the inner bevel of the bore in the head.

Eric