Anytime, and glad you got something out of the video !!!

Thanks for the comment and glad you got it all fixed up !!!!

Glad it helped!

Thank you so much !!!! I really appreciate that and I want to let you know that. I always reply to everyone doing my best to help. Thank you again, and when I go get my Dairy Queen Blizzard I'll be thinking of you !!!! Happy Sunday to you :)

Thank you for the great comment !!!

Thank you for the great comment !!!

Thank you for the great comment, and much appreciated !!!!

Thank you for the great comment :)

That is awesome and glad you got it all fixed up !!!

You bet, you know they are actually pretty reliable cars. Just keep the fluids clean. Glad I calmed you down, as this is a pretty easy fix and the gasket is super cheap !! Thanks for the comment :)

Glad you got it all buttoned up !!!! Plus you no doubt saved some cash. Appreciate the comment !

Thanks for the great comment and glad you got it all done. Leak is fixed !!!

Thank you for the great comment !! Happy Easter weekend to you :)

Thank you for the great comment, and hello from Canada. Very happy I could help you out, and extra cool that someone from Argentina was watching the video, I didn't expect that, thank you :)

Thank you !!! Much Appreciated :)

Thank you for the great comment, much appreciated and thanks for letting me know about the 9th gen !!!

Thank you for the great comment !!!

Many thanks!

Thanks for the great comment and glad I could help out !!

@@GarageKing Sure enough it's exactly where the leak was coming from. New OEM gasket is on and now my r18 is nice and dry again!

@@billspangler2685 That's awesome, and I know you saved some cash as that gasket is cheap.

Thank you good Sir !!!

Thanks soo much for the comment, I do have a few 8th gen Honda vids in the Japanese playlist (AC, stereo stuff, brakes, oil etc) and I'll do more. Thanks again !!!

Thank you for the great comment and very glad you were able to tackle it !!!! Hi-Five !!!

Thank you for the great comment and glad I could help out !!!

Hey Thanks for the comment, just make sure before you do it you give the engine a good clean, this way you don't have to worry about dirt getting in the engine. In addition, once you do the job and drive it for an hour or two you can check and see exactly where its leaking from. This gasket is really cheap so worth a shot for sure !!! Make sure you have a good swivel ratchet, it makes the job 100X easier. Links are in the description if you are curious. Thanks !!

Glad you liked it and thank you for the great comment :)

@@GarageKing 👌

Awesome you got it done and kuddos to you for doing it with a box end wrench, I know those bolts are tight !!!!

My dealer wants $13 for it? Aren't they all supposed to charge the same

@@AudreysKitchen Hey There, as each dealership is a franchise I guess they could sell for whatever they want, but they should follow the suggested price by the manufacturer. Shady business practice to jack up prices like that.

@@AudreysKitchen yeah that’s what dealer charged me

Thanks so much for the great comment and glad I could help out !!

Anytime !!! I would give it a good wash, and then run it for a day to be sure. But its a very common problem.

Thank you for the great comment !! I do appreciate it :)

Thank you, and happy Saturday to you :) I was surprised, I thought it was going to require more parts, or be a bigger job. Turned out to be just a small gasket, it was a win for me !!! Thanks again for the comment :)

@@GarageKing happy Saturday! 😃

@@Guyontheinternet1 Thanks Buddy !!

Thank you for the great comment !!!!

Thanks so much, this was a job where the gasket only cost a few dollars. Can’t imagine what it would be at a shop.

Yup that is the part number :)

Is it for vtec engines or non-vtec ?? Thanks

That is the oil leak I just found thanks for making this great video

15826-RNA-A01

15826-RNA-A01

Thanks for the great comment !! Appreciate it :)

Hey very good eye you have !!! I went back and looked and I think its just a piece of dirt. The clip is grey and the "thing??" that flew off was black so I think it was dirt. Really good eye my friend !!!

Thanks for the comment !!

Thanks for the great comment :)

Good comment and very true, you want to make sure all bolts are threaded in. Last thing you want to do is cross thread a bolt in that spot !!! Thanks for the comment !!

haha just found the video on resealing the chain tensioner inspection cover also a good video but not quite as good as this one, so once I'm 100% on where the leak is coming from ill be good to go for the fix thanks to these videos.

@@user-sd3zh9nx9r Thanks for the great comment. My advice would be to spray a little engine degreaser and hose it off, then drive it for a day a recheck. I hope its this video you use, as the timing cover is quite a bit more work. This job is actually pretty easy, and its very common. Have a great Sunday :)

Well I'm glad I did !!!!

Ha Ha, appreciate the comment my friend, good thing is that the fix for this is pretty cheap, and its not that hard to do. Once thing that really helps is a swivel ratchet, I would say its a must.

Ha Ha, thanks for the comment :) Well well, you are right its a heck of a squeeze to make it work. The reason I didn't film it, is that its impossible to get the camera in there, let alone a body part !!!! I do film as much as I can, but sometimes you just can't get it all. I love your comment about using Pam on your arm !! I am glad you got it all done, success and you can walk away happy :)

Thank you for the comment, I appreciate them all !!

No problem

sounds good, if you are unsure a little engine degreaser and the garden hose goes a long way !!! Just run it for a day or two after you wash it to see.

I do my best and try to work smarter not harder, thanks for taking the time to write the comment !!!

Thank you for the comment, and hope you get it all fixed up !!

Thank you for the great comment, much appreciated sir !!!

Definitely a new sub thanks again

Thank you !!!!

Hey there, I used some engine degreaser and then hosed it off. I must say the best way is to use brake clean, but it gets expensive. Make sure you don't use brake clean on a hot engine !!

Thanks for the comment, and if you have some engine degreaser and a hose you can rinse off the engine, just so you know its clean and then its easy to spot if something is still leaking. Glad the video helped you out, and I hope its all fixed up !!!

Thank you so soo much !!! Really appreciate it, and you are the bomb !! Thank you good Sir !!!

@@GarageKing you saved me parts and labor at the local garage so thank you Sir.

@@BigSnead76 Glad I was able to do that !! Enjoy your Sunday :)

Hey Thanks for the great comment, yup it leaks down onto the rear of the cylinder head. If you have some engine shampoo you can spray the engine down (put a bag over the alternator) and then hose it off while staying away from the electrical stuff and then see if it still leaks.

Sorry to hear you fell on hard times, it can happen to anyone and glad you kept your head up. If its leaking that fast I doubt its the gasket, but you may have to do it anyway and I'll tell you why. There is an oil pressure sensor screwed into it, and that may be leaking, when it go it leaks fast. To fix that part you just get a new sensor and they thread in to the housing you will remove. Also to be sure if you have access to a garden hose I would use a can of engine degreaser, wash the engine off, let it dry, and then run the vehicle while looking to see if you can find the leak. Sounds like its leaking fast so it should not be hard to find. Good luck with the repair, and hang in there !!

@@GarageKing thank you, I'll look for that one too

@@GarageKing i examined the engine and confirmed it is indeed that part, i still don't know if it's the gasket or the oil pressure sensor but at least now i know what's causing it. However my mother beat me to it and hired some mobile mechanic who wants to charge 900$, i told her to get a 2nd opinion she ignored and now is doing it. I don't think we even have $900 yay

@@PlumbCarton5607 OMG, the part is about $5, and the sensor I have no idea, but as a guess I would say not more than $50??? I guess you mom is paying for convenience, as someone is coming down to do it, so time is money and the mechanic has to pay for gas, mileage etc. At least you know it should be fixed correctly.

@@GarageKing yeah and it doesn't look that hard to do. He jacked up the car from the engine. He's also trying to boot us up for more stuff. He then took the alternator & tensioner, and some various other stuff to get different ones, even tho those worked fine. I wasn't there to stop it

Hey there and thanks for the comment. This is a common problem with the civic and an easy fix for an hour of your time and a $5 gasket. If you got a light on your dashboard then I would check your oil level right away !!

I think you had a Honda civic. If so this is common problem and cheap part, very easy fix that can save you a lot.

No need to drain the oil, just clean the area first so you don't get dirt in the engine.

As always thank you so much for great comment :) I have a few videos for recharging air conditioning. Here is one for Honda Civic kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y51-pLyTqbLJfYE.html

The first one is with a can, here is one if you have gauges kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p61hqNJjvr-lmpc.html

@@GarageKing Thanks a million 👍👍 Many years ago I try to do it with a can and over fill it cause some problem end up take car to dealer they suck it all out and start over again. but fun to learn I will check out the video and give it ago.. Have a great day , your channel is something I can learn and use it not just watch for fun...

@@shahnawazvlog6266 Thank you and so glad I can help !!!!

Thanks for the comment !! Not normal for the check engine light to come on. Make sure you have the electrical connector plugged in and everything is tight. I would give it a quick scan to check for codes to see what pops up. Maybe times you can go to Autozone or some other parts stores and they will check the code for free. If they do, write it down, clear the code and drive it. It may not come back.

@@GarageKing The light is gone now, thank you very much for the reply👍

@@martinli7761 Anytime !!

@@GarageKing have you replaced the pcv valve on any of these civic? I’m just wondering if that could be part of the problem? Thanks for the video

@@robwright4398 No haven't replaced the PVC, on this one I could tell it was definitely the gasket as the gasket was hard and brittle. If the PCV ever got plugged there could be a pressure build up, but then I could just as easily leak from any of the seals in the engine.

Hey There, I would just leave the oil pressure sensor. Usually if they leak its quite bad so most likely its ok. I have only ever seen a few leak so yours is probably ok. The swivel ratchet is the bomb and really helps with everything. Highly recommended and I use mine all the time !!!

@@GarageKing thank you, Sir! I appreciate benefitting from your knowledge and experience.

@@alexross8722 Thank you for the great comment, much appreciated !!!!

Can you give me a time stamp? The only thing that I could think that would squirt oil is the oil pressure sensor that is screwed into the housing.

Thanks so much for the great comment, these vids are not easy to do this way, and it sure beats seeing one that is 25min long with poor filming !!!! In regards to your coolant leak I'm hoping you don't have a head gasket leak... If you have a pressure tester I would test it (make sure engine is cold) The pressure testers are pretty cheap amzn.to/3TqLGji (something like that) and then you have to get underneath and have a good look. I'm hoping its just a hose from the heater, there is not too much back there so if you can crawl underneath and use a mirror if you have to, you should be able to see.

@@GarageKing I'm also hoping it's not a head gasket leak. I tested with a pressure tester hooked up to the radiator cap, and lost pressure, indicating the leak. I am hoping it's a heater hose... but debating on if I need to remove the intake manifold to get to it.

@@alihamidani3154 If you jack it up on stands you may be able to get in there to look. I use the quickjack system in my garage, here is a quick vid of it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrCjiNKIl8e8f3U.html so it lifts the vehicles about 2 feet and I can get in there pretty good to see leaks. When I was diagnosing the Honda for the oil leak I was able to get right in there.

@@GarageKing Those are pretty awesome! Will have to add them to my wish list. I did get a fiber optic camera to take a look... still can't find the smoking gun (or in this case the spot were the blue juice is oozing). Thank you again for the help! Will have to let you know what happens!

@@alihamidani3154 For sure, I would be interested to know what it was. Normally they don't leak there so I would appreciate the follow up. Thanks and happy Sunday to you :)

Glad I could help, and hope you get it all fixed up.

Excellent comment and you are 100% right. I appreciate that and hope that others will consider doing so. Thanks again

@GarageKing Keep the great videos coming 👍, good how to videos help greatly when doing these projects. Thanks again!

@@GgRae-gv1tg Thanks for the great comment. I usually do one repair vid a month as I do the Snap On tools sales for each month, along with a review and some shorts. I'll continue to do my best !!! Thanks and hope you are enjoying your weekend :)

You could do them both, I would if you are doing the valve cover, as you are in there anyway, and the leak at the cylinder head is very common, plug the gasket is pretty cheap. Make sure to give the engine a cleaning before you start so you don't get dirt falling in the engine. Thanks for the comment !!

Oh and when I did mine, I didn't notice any oil on the valve cover. I washed the engine off and then ran it and checked for leaks and the valve cover was good.

@@GarageKing That's what I was thinking as well, similar steps might as well tackle them both. Thanks!

@@Hitmanjat Anytime and good luck with the job !

Hey there, thanks for the great comment !! Appreciate the time you took to write it. Firstly congrats on doing all that work yourself, you have attempted more than most. To answer your question, yes the oil filter can leak, and I have seen them with a bad seal (sometimes the crimp leaks) so that would be your problem. You could always wash the engine down (you can do it with a garden hose on the street) Get some engine shampoo and when the engine is cold spray it down and hose it off. You can do this from the top so you don't need a lift. Just make sure you do use high pressure and DON"T get the alternator wet (put a plastic bag over it) then if the oil is dripping when its running it should be very easy for a shop to see where its coming from and not confuse it with anything else. A set of drive up ramps is pretty cheap and can pay back dividends for the DIYer, but if you get a set, don't buy the cheapest set as many times the tires will slip on the plastic. Get a decent set amzn.to/3PZsUAK Have a good weekend :)

@@GarageKing thank you so much for the information and the link! I'll be getting that so I can keep doing my DIYs :) I wish I posted about this sooner, I really need my car for work so I ended up taking my car in to the same place without washing it down but I did try to wipe up the area a bit below and what I could reach from the wheel cover, all oil leaking is fresh so I'm hoping that'll help pinpoint it. When I dropped it off and said another shop said it looks like the filter though they still said it might be the VVT since I denied the replacement (I didn't tell them I ended up doing it myself). I asked them if the VVT solenoid was at the back of the engine and they said there were 2, one above the oil filter. I have an 8th gen DX but could only find replacement parts for the one you showed in the video, is there another I can easily change out if it is leaking?

@@pixielikepanda Thanks for the follow up, as far as I know there is only one VVT, but there is an oil pressure switch that can leak when the engine is running. Its actually screwed onto the VVT part, you can see it at 3:24min mark quite clearly. They don't leak often (actually very rare) but when they do leak, they leak bad, and only leak when the engine is running. I had one on a corvette the other day that was dripping like crazy !! Anyway the only way to really check that piece is with a mirror and a light when the engine is running from the top, its its leaking your are going to see it drip and the oil will actually come out of the connector. When you unplug the connector it should be DRY, if its WET then its starting. Hope this helps you out :)

Hey There, the stains were actually not my driveway. I was walking though the neighbourhood and saw that and thought it would be a pretty good effect for the video. The leak starts slow but then gets quicker. If you don't fix it I could see it causing a big stain. I caught my leak fairly early. Happy Sat to you !!

No not necessary to drain the oil. Just be careful not to get dirt in the engine. Give the engine a good wash before you start to minimize dirt.

Cześć, Nie ma sposobu, aby włożyć tam klucz dynamometryczny, jest bardzo ciasny, więc po prostu przylega, śruby wcale nie muszą być bardzo mocno dokręcone, niektórzy ludzie zatrzasnęli śrubę, więc nie dokręcaj zbyt mocno. Nie jestem pewien fabrycznego momentu obrotowego, ale to niewiele, to mała gwintowana śruba. Hi There, There is no way to get a torque wrench in there, its super tight so just snug up, they bolts don't have to be very tight at all, some people have snapped the bolt so don't tighten too much. I'm not sure of the factory torque but its not much, its a small threaded bolt.

@@GarageKing Thank you for your help, tomorrow I'm going to do it, I have a big leak from that area. I will also replace the PCV valve prophylactically, there is also a large amount of oil around it

@@Chudy19931 Glad I could help and I hope you get the job done tomorrow !!

This part does leak from the bottom of the car, but pressing on the gas should not make a difference, it should be consistent. The only this is there is an oil pressure switch on that fitting, and if that is leaking it will leak faster if you speed the engine up as there is more oil pressure. They don't leak often. I would wash the engine so its clean. Get someone to start the engine and you look around as they rev it up a bit and see if you can locate the leak.

You should not need to reset anything, but make sure you plugged everything back in. If you have a scanner it will probably point you to something you forgot to plug in.

Hey there, at 7:35min mark I go over all the tools you need, its a 10mm socket

Hey There, its the PCV hose, or sometimes its called the Tube PCV, I believe the honda part # is 17131-RNA-A00 Good thing is its not an expensive part !!!! Appreciate the comment.

Hi There, yours is a 7th gen, this vehicle was an 8th gen. Your engine is a little different, its a D series engine. You have a distributor on the right side of the engine (when standing in front of the engine with the hood open) There is an O-ring that very commonly leaks and it does cause a leak on the passenger side. Its a fairly simple job to do.

No, the 2001 EX is actually easier. This video is for an 8th gen engine, yours is a 7th gen engine, and that engine style use to leak all the time from the distributor that was located on the left hand side of the engine when you are looking down from the top. They did away with the distributor, but the style was still the same so for yours when you look down from the top. It usually leaks on the left hand side of the valvecover from a plastic plug located on the side (where the distributor use to be) You have to remove the EGR valve to get the plug out, and the plug has an o-ring on it. This is most likely where your leak is coming from.

Hi There, I don't think I could find the torque specs. I know there are manuals out there you can buy such as emanuals bit.ly/44zVazx discount code (GARAGEKING22) but the problem is its almost impossible to get a torque wrench in there. I'm actually a GM mechanic and on GM cars similar gaskets all get a torque of 89 inch lbs which works out to about 7 ft/lbs. So its really not much. Once you feel the gasket compressing, give a 1/2 turn or so on each bolt (keep moving around) so they all get pulled down evenly, then you WILL feel them all of a sudden get tight (now the part is fully down) then you just go a little more to snug them up so the bolts don't come loose. Its really not tight because the bolts are not supporting anything. Then after a few drives check it for leaks. Hope this helped.

@@GarageKing Thanks buddy, I think it's 8 ft lbs of torque for civic. I will try to give them a good medium strength push, and yes there's not much room, I already cut my finger while opening the lower bolt😅, hope things go fine.

@@aakudev Fingers crossed for you my friend :)

Yes should be

Appreciate the suggestion !!! Thanks

First I washed the engine so the outside everywhere was clean. then when I took the part off that was easy to clean on the bench, so the block part I put a rag in the back of the engine and then I used a scotch bright back on the surface area that mates with the gasket.

Hey There, just regular brake cleaner

Thanks for the comment, I did notice the oil on mine was leaking all the way down to the drain plug. It was bad on the side of the engine. At first I thought it may have been from the power steering pump, so I washed everything off and then checked after a few days and found it was leaking on the rear of the cylinder head. So that's how I figured out it was that part. The part is under 10 bucks and its really common for them to leak. You could maybe consider using some engine degreaser and wash it all off and then check after a day or two.

I would not use seal maker to do this, if you don't do it right you will get the seal maker in the engine. Can you check Amazon in India to see if its possible? I don't have link but you can click on the US or Can link to get the Amazon name, then cut and past the name in Amazon India.

Thank you !

No, you might loose a tablespoon or so, the only thing is you want to make sure when you are cleaning the rear area that you don't get dirt in there. Feel free to do it anytime, no need to wait. The one thing I would do is degrease the engine before you do it, makes the job that much easier and the risk of getting dirt into the engine much lower.

Hey there, I think the engine should be fairly similar, I think the engine in the video is an "R" style engine and that engine is still made in the 10th gen civic (yours) there is also a "K" engine. I would give it a quick wash, and then look in the rear and if you have the same type of VVT solenoid on the rear of the engine (could be slightly different shape) then that could be your problem. Important thing is to clean the engine and then look as the thing leaks all over the place and you want to make sure you get the right leak.

The only really way to know is to look to see if it's leaking, there is a pressure sensor screwed into it, so that could be leaking as well. I would wash off the engine with some degreaser and then run the engine and look with a flashlight and mirror to see exactly where its leaking from. If you can't see any leaks then drive it for a day and check, mostly likely you will see it then. Also from experience normally faster leaks are the pressure sensor and slower leaks are the gasket, but that's not a rule. Just what I see most of the time.

No not at all, just try not to get dirt in the engine. And check your oil level when you are done the repair.

Hey there, it can run down the back of the engine and get onto the axle. Normally the transmission doesn't get oily because its on the other side and the bulk of the oil is on the power steering side, and it runs down and even makes your drain plug look like its leaking. I would wash your engine down and then drive it for a day and inspect.

Yep you bet !!

I wonder if its the part in the video that was leaking and not your valve cover. Changing the gasket on the valve cover would not affect this part and visa versa.

I believe its the variable valve solenoid. amzn.to/470ESj9

Thank you :)

Only when running, then when you shut it off its just whatever was left on the engine ran down and dripped off.

Hi There, if you civic is an 8th generation it should be very similar, if not the same. The procedure will be the same.

Hey there and thanks for the comment. No strange noise before or after.

The best thing to do is give it a quick shampoo and then run it for a day and check and it should be easy to tell. I know on yours the distributor O ring is known to leak, but that's on the other side. For yours maybe its leaking at the valvecover??

Hey there, I believe it is.

Nope not at all

I hope its this, and if it was the head gasket its usually a faster leak. This part is usually a slower leak.

I used some engine degreaser and a garden hose, I found that worked best and was most economical. You could spray brake clean at it and its going to work VERY well, but you are going to use a few cans which gets expensive.