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Hi,

My 91 Honda Accord seems leaking oil from the cap.I can see the
oil splash all over the engine surface, particullary near the cap. Any
help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Tom

songtao32@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My 91 Honda Accord seems leaking oil from the cap.I can see the
> oil splash all over the engine surface, particullary near the cap. Any
> help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Tom

Have the valve cover gaskets ever been replaced?

songtao32@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My 91 Honda Accord seems leaking oil from the cap.I can see the
> oil splash all over the engine surface, particullary near the cap. Any
> help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Tom
>
help? do you want someone to come over and clean it up for you? or do
you want a suggestion on how to fix it?

songtao32@gmail.com wrote in news:1166905868.986602.310880
@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Hi,
>
> My 91 Honda Accord seems leaking oil from the cap.I can see the
> oil splash all over the engine surface, particullary near the cap. Any
> help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>



With age, the cap gasket gets compressed and hard, and it is difficult to
keep it tight. Get a new cap from the dealer, about $20.

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Tegger

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Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
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> songtao32@gmail.com wrote in news:1166905868.986602.310880
> @f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My 91 Honda Accord seems leaking oil from the cap.I can see the
>> oil splash all over the engine surface, particullary near the cap.
>> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>>
>
>
>
> With age, the cap gasket gets compressed and hard, and it is difficult
> to keep it tight. Get a new cap from the dealer, about $20.
>


What can also happen (now that I think of it) is the valve cover nut
gaskets going missing. Have you had the valve cover removed recently?

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
> news:Xns98A2BB6514279tegger@207.14.116.130:
>
>> songtao32@gmail.com wrote in
>> news:1166905868.986602.310880
>> @f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My 91 Honda Accord seems leaking oil from the cap.I
>>> can see the
>>> oil splash all over the engine surface, particullary
>>> near the cap.
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> With age, the cap gasket gets compressed and hard, and it
>> is difficult
>> to keep it tight. Get a new cap from the dealer, about
>> $20.
>>
>
>
> What can also happen (now that I think of it) is the valve
> cover nut
> gaskets going missing. Have you had the valve cover
> removed recently?

Or they harden and do not work properly, leaking oil. (I
forgot this one, too!)

songtao32@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My 91 Honda Accord seems leaking oil from the cap.I can see the
> oil splash all over the engine surface, particullary near the cap. Any
> help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Tom

There's a rubber gasket in the cap that seals it to the valve cover, refer
to part #6 in this diagram http://tinyurl.com/ykd2fh. On older cars, these
often become hard and brittle and fail to seal. If you haven't had a valve
adjustment in a while, usually every 30 K miles, then it might be a good
time to get that done and replace all of the gaskets, #'s 3, 4, & 9. In the
case that your valve adjustment was recent, then it could be leaking because
sometimes mechanics will try to reuse the old parts even though their not in
serviceable condition.

Eric