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Hey all, just looking to get some help hopefully.

92 Civic CX, D15B8
I recently did a head gasket replacement and that was not fun what so ever on my EG. Anyway, pieced it back together and got her running. Now she's missing here and there sporadically which doesn't bother me much because it's hardly noticeable BUT I'm leaking oil bad.

Location is right side underneath the intake manifold (next to the timing belt) SOMEWHERE but it's spraying so there's no steady stream of oil that I can see. Enough however to leave a puddle of oil when I walk out (enough to cover half a sheet of paper) every time I run her. I know it's coming from the back but the oil is covering everything from the alternator to the oil filter and I can't figure out where exactly it's coming from. When the engine is running, I don't even see any oil running from any place

Long story short: Oil leak under intake manifold, has a new head gasket/manifold gasket/oil/oil filter/etc. No steady stream of oil so can't figure out where it's coming from.

 
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General area of where the splashing is, and this was obviously way before I cleaned the block/head but just to give you an idea of where it's coming from. It's splashing on everything though so it's hard to figure out where exactly it's coming from.. Oil on the alternator, oil filter, intake manifold, everywhere.

Excuse the sloppiness of work. Was taken at 10pm a week ago, so wasn't exactly looking for absolute picture perfection

 
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its hard to say, I just replaced a head gasket on my 95 and had no problem. its possible, depending on what you used for a head gasket, that you didn't get a good seal.


did you get an actual gasket, or did you use just RTV?


if you used RTV alone or with the gasket, did you allow it to cure for 30 minutes before placing the head back on? did you let it sit for 24 hours before you torqued the head down?


did you torque the head?


I would ask yourself that and figure out what got screwed up.

 
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Head checked for flatness?

An overheated head will usually bow upward in the center and that can let oil spew out the pressure passage between cyls 2 and 3.