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89 civic automatic. I've been taking care this car sine I bought it.
Now the worst problem is not from fuel system. It's on leaking inside
of engine. I've read other Civic owner who said replacing valve cover
gasket
and four 0-ring and 4 gammets. I did that replacement . Before I did
that, when
I unplug #2 and #3 Spark plug I find the hugh amount of oil around
spark plug, and wires. I don't know if the leak is from worn Cylinder
or worn spark plug gasket. New valve cover gasket, new o-ring and new
grommet did not solve the leaking or I did not put in correctly. I
still have oil leaking somewhere that I can't tell. Or that i have a
multiply leakings.

Was there any junk gasket residue in the way? Are you sure you seated
all the seals? Have you ensure the plugs are properly torqued? ....some
other path of oil?

Lee Leo wrote:

> 89 civic automatic. I've been taking care this car sine I bought it.
> Now the worst problem is not from fuel system. It's on leaking inside
> of engine. I've read other Civic owner who said replacing valve cover
> gasket
> and four 0-ring and 4 gammets. I did that replacement . Before I did
> that, when
> I unplug #2 and #3 Spark plug I find the hugh amount of oil around
> spark plug, and wires. I don't know if the leak is from worn Cylinder
> or worn spark plug gasket. New valve cover gasket, new o-ring and new
> grommet did not solve the leaking or I did not put in correctly. I
> still have oil leaking somewhere that I can't tell. Or that i have a
> multiply leakings.

Franz Bestuchev <fbestuchev@n05p4m.userealsugar.com> wrote in message news:<bf0hlh$hna$5@peabody.colorado.edu>...
> Was there any junk gasket residue in the way? Are you sure you seated
> all the seals? Have you ensure the plugs are properly torqued? ....some
> other path of oil?
>
> Lee Leo wrote:
>
> > 89 civic automatic. I've been taking care this car sine I bought it.
> > Now the worst problem is not from fuel system. It's on leaking inside
> > of engine. I've read other Civic owner who said replacing valve cover
> > gasket
> > and four 0-ring and 4 gammets. I did that replacement . Before I did
> > that, when
> > I unplug #2 and #3 Spark plug I find the hugh amount of oil around
> > spark plug, and wires. I don't know if the leak is from worn Cylinder
> > or worn spark plug gasket. New valve cover gasket, new o-ring and new
> > grommet did not solve the leaking or I did not put in correctly. I
> > still have oil leaking somewhere that I can't tell. Or that i have a
> > multiply leakings.

you didn't replace the ones under the plug tubes did you? you have to
remove the rocker assembly to do them.
Chip

chip@chipanddebby.com (Chip Stein) wrote in message news:<5ddcea74.0307151814.47099ed4@posting.google. com>...
> Franz Bestuchev <fbestuchev@n05p4m.userealsugar.com> wrote in message news:<bf0hlh$hna$5@peabody.colorado.edu>...
> > Was there any junk gasket residue in the way? Are you sure you seated
> > all the seals? Have you ensure the plugs are properly torqued? ....some
> > other path of oil?
> >
> > Lee Leo wrote:
> >
> > > 89 civic automatic. I've been taking care this car sine I bought it.
> > > Now the worst problem is not from fuel system. It's on leaking inside
> > > of engine. I've read other Civic owner who said replacing valve cover
> > > gasket
> > > and four 0-ring and 4 gammets. I did that replacement . Before I did
> > > that, when
> > > I unplug #2 and #3 Spark plug I find the hugh amount of oil around
> > > spark plug, and wires. I don't know if the leak is from worn Cylinder
> > > or worn spark plug gasket. New valve cover gasket, new o-ring and new
> > > grommet did not solve the leaking or I did not put in correctly. I
> > > still have oil leaking somewhere that I can't tell. Or that i have a
> > > multiply leakings.
>
> you didn't replace the ones under the plug tubes did you? you have to
> remove the rocker assembly to do them.
> Chip


you mean O-ring??? Yes I did replace 4 O-ring each spark plug tubes.
I don't know what do you mean by remove the rocker assembly. Are you talking
about spark plug gasket???

On 15 Jul 2003 00:29:01 -0700, leolee90@yahoo.com (Lee Leo) wrote:

>89 civic automatic. I've been taking care this car sine I bought it.
> Now the worst problem is not from fuel system. It's on leaking inside
> of engine. I've read other Civic owner who said replacing valve cover
>gasket
>and four 0-ring and 4 gammets. I did that replacement . Before I did
>that, when
>I unplug #2 and #3 Spark plug I find the hugh amount of oil around
>spark plug, and wires. I don't know if the leak is from worn Cylinder
>or worn spark plug gasket. New valve cover gasket, new o-ring and new
>grommet did not solve the leaking or I did not put in correctly. I
>still have oil leaking somewhere that I can't tell. Or that i have a
>multiply leakings.

In those engines the top end of the spark plug "tubes" are part of the
camshaft bearing caps - there's an O-ring between each of four bearing cap
tubes and the bottom half of the spark plug tubes which are part of the
cylinder head. I'm afraid the camshaft and bearings are going to have to
come out to replace those O-rings.

Rgds, George Macdonald

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