Hi, I'm new to this forum, since I have a 3rd gen. But by friend just swapped an engine into his 4th gen and is still trying to find out where an oil leak is coming from. He replaced the valve cover gaskets but says it is still leaking from above the power steering pump. Any ideas?

I looked through some threads on the first page but don't have time to search more, sorry.

Thanks for your help ahead of time.

-Mark

 

Could be the oil pressure switch, with the oil being blown up as he's driving.

Could still be the valve cover gasket, if it wasn't replaced properly or there's damage to either the VC or the head.

Could be a leak in the timing cover.

Without pics or more information, it really could be anything.

 

my VQ is leaking oil. but its not coming from the oil pan gasket. it seems to appear at the oil pump; the two hoses is where the leak appears to be coming from. are there oil seals installed there? how do you go about in replacing them? TIA

 

What hoses? There are no hoses going to the oil pump...

 

Maybe he's mistaking the power steering reservoir for the oil pump? It has 2 hoses coming from it. No, couldn't be, the power steering is clearly labeled, right? Reason I suggest this is because my "in college" son thought the reservoir was the oil pump.

 

Do you mean oil pump or power steering pump? Quite frankly you'd have to be a complete damn idiot to think that the power steering reservoir was the oil pump...

 

oh man that is too funny.i think he did ..lol

 

No, sadly my choice of words was correct. My naive son (17 yrs old) almost let 2 of his friends in school convince him to put brake fluid in the power steering fluid reservoir just before the X-mas break.

If theres 2 idiots who think like that going to school in Nebraska then there may be more somewhere else. There is hope though, he didn't take their advice, instead he read the owners manual and figured out what was what.

 

sorry if i got you all confused or you all think i'm stupid. but it seems that the leak i was referring to is coming from the oil cooler not the pump or whatever you call it. there are two metal tubes and it appears to be the source of the leak.

now back to my question...how do i go about in replacing the o-rings? would it be a straightforward affair?

 

I don't know your vehicle, but I had an oil cooler on one of my other cars. It was a 1 1/2 inch thick ring that was attached between the oil filter and the engine block. It had 2 coolant hoses running to it. There was an O ring between it and the engine block. It was held on by the stud that you threaded the oil filter onto.

If you remove the oil filter you would see that the stud had a large nut on it. Putting a wrench on the nut loosened the whole assembly.

I've also seem another similiar one that had 3 seperate bolts that you could get to after removing the filter.

Maybe yours is something like this.

You may just want to try to see if anything is loose first before removing the assembly.

One word of caution though. If you have to remove the collant hoses be prepared to replace them. Chances are they are pretty old and stiff and will likely crack and fall apart when you try to move them around.

Hope this helps.

 

That would explain why you didn't get the correct answer, you posted in the wrong section.

You have what, an '02? '03?

The VQ30 doesn't have an oil cooler.

It's a simple affair to replace the o-ring.

 

That explains why I couldn't find anything about it in the 4th gen FSM. I had the right idea since my old Acura had the oil cooler (way back in 89) but I couldn't find a picture. I never thought to look at the 02 FSM. ANd it's too cold to get under mine and look and I've only owned it a week and haven't changed the oil yet.

 

so there's an oil seal in the oil cooler and two o-rings from the tube. I have a VQ20DE with an m/t. i'm relieved to know that the engine doesn't need to be pulled down again. i'll settle this leak on my next oil change. thanks!