Leaking oil around distributor

Typhoonk · Post by **Typhoonk** » January 17th, 2005, 12:53 am

I did my BP swap last summer. Never replaced the distributor that was on it.
I cleaned my engine bay at the same time as the swap (not super clean, but I cleaned all the oil from my SOHC off of it).

about three months later, I noticed oil on the top of my tranny? kinda weird. I looked all over - kept cleaning the motor and checking to see where it was coming from.

Today me and a friend took out my distributor cause I noticed that my bolts that hold the disty on were oily. Popped out the disty and noticed oil everywhere. So we cleaned it up, made sure the surfaces were clean and used a little RTV sealant around it.

So I cleaned up the engine again. And hopefully I will not be losing any oil anytime soon.

Was wondering if anybody had oil leaks that the found and stopped? And suggestions I can use to check some stuff

thanks

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » January 17th, 2005, 1:04 am

I have the same leak on my sohc, i can't see where its coming from, but my trammy is covered in oil!

Josh · Post by **Josh** » January 17th, 2005, 3:06 am

if its coming from your distributor than its either the valve cover or most likly its that seal on the distributor when you pull i out. its that little black ring.

Shady469 · Post by **Shady469** » January 17th, 2005, 9:23 pm

i had that problem on my B6T. the rubber seal on the disty looked fine but as soon as i replaced it, the leaking stopped. go figure...

OsoSlo z28 · Post by **OsoSlo z28** » January 17th, 2005, 10:26 pm

yep, disty o-ring.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » January 17th, 2005, 10:55 pm

new disty o-ring from parts store = 30 cents.

new valve cover gasket = 10-12 bux.

get gasket maker too and slab that crap all over there so it nevAr leaks again evAr!

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » January 18th, 2005, 12:10 am

cool, i'll do that as soon as it gets over 40 degrees, no garage...

Typhoonk · Post by **Typhoonk** » January 18th, 2005, 9:21 pm

I've ran it for about 300km now. And no leaky leaky!!!!! Looks like it was the disty O-ring. Mine looked fine when I took it out too.