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Oil leak - 2003 D17a2 [solved]
Hi i found some oil pooling on the left side of the engine, this was after doing my valve cover gasket, is there any chance it did not come from the valve cover, im attaching 2 pictures for reference

I added uv dye to the oil

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re: Oil leak - 2003 D17a2 [solved]
I apologize for not searching as well as i thought i did, perhaps is the cam plug.
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re: Oil leak - 2003 D17a2 [solved]
Could also be the vtec solenoid
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re: Oil leak - 2003 D17a2 [solved]
The UV dye made it that color? Thought it was coolant at first. Only other real option would be valve cover gasket.
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