Distributor o-rings and oil pan gaskets are fairly common oil leaks on all
older Hondas. I'd start at the top and work my way down...


"russell chung" <rchung@myronl.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> Want to get some advice on my 86 prelude. It has 230K on it, still
> running very strong. I sometimes cannot resist the temptation to rev
> it between 4k-5K to switch gear. Lately, I found a little bit smoke
> coming underneath the car and it turned out some oil was dripping onto
> the exhaust. I climbed underneath the car and found a oil collecting
> around the bolts of the oil pan. My thought was the gasket needs
> replacing but some the dealer and some local mechanics suggested that
> the prelude seal seldom went bad. It might be the distributor seal.