1998 Accord leaking oil by transmission.

1998 HONDA ACCORD
180,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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RENN
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My 1998 Accord EX 4CYL is leaking oil on top of the transmission and I cannot find where is it leaking from since it's hard to see. I made sure that it is oil and not Transmission fluid. I have cleaned and tried checking again, but there are too many hoses and cables. I recently had the VTEC gasket replaced. It is leaking exactly where this old post is leaking from.

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Any ideas? Please help
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Jan 19, 2011 at 3:56 PM
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F4I_GUY
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Some common areas of leaking would be:

distributor seal
v-tec seal (which you already replaced)
valve cover gasket.

Also, if your vehicle is equipped with a cam end plug, they tend to leak as well.
Jan 19, 2011 at 4:11 PM
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RENN
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I actually forgot to mention along with the v-tec seal I also changed the distributor seal and valve cover gasket as well. I am gonna try the v-tec again. Thanks for the advise.
Jan 20, 2011 at 7:53 AM
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RENN
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Yup was a bad V-Tec seal. Changed again and that was it.
Jan 25, 2011 at 7:06 PM
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