Oil Leak 1992 Vigor. - Acura Forum

unioncity · 05-18-08, 03:59 PM

Oil leak onto engine seemingly from distributor area. Removed distributor. Oil was inside the distributor. Replaced the 2 small O-rings and distributor cap O-ring.Can someone explain to me the source of the oil that gets into the distributor and leaks down onto the engine.Thank you.Unioncity

shawnhu · 06-04-08, 04:43 PM

Drop on by the acuravigorclub.com and register for the yahoo group. There's much more activity there that can solve problems like this.

The specific problem that you're having regards to oil INSIDE the distributor is a bad oil seal. The oil seal is located on the rotor shaft, right behind the shaft bearing. You'll need to remove the distributor, cap, rotor, then the retaining clip that holds the crosspin. Take note of the way the distributor came out, and the location of the parts. It's important to put everything back together the same way.

The seal and bearing kit can be ordered on ebay, bearingdepot, and some online auto parts stores.

There is a more detailed write-up of this repair at acuravigorclub.com

Shawn

jonnyman2889 · 07-06-08, 02:27 PM

umm just further ?? on the oil leak!!...about how much should someone be chargin me for labor to put the new rings in and stuff!!

shawnhu · 07-15-08, 02:28 PM

Well,
The collar rings prevents oil from leaking out from and around the collar, and onto the exhaust manifold. That job requires the battery to be removed, then to distributor, then the collar. I would rate this job to be one hour, which would be about $85 in labor in NY. The parts would cost about $5.

However, in the case above, the collar o-rings is not always the problem with the oil leak. There's actually 2 leaks that occurs in that distributor area. One is outside, caused by the collar o-rings. The other is a distributor shaft seal, internal to the distributor. If you have oil INSIDE the distributor, you have a bad shaft seal. That seal can be purchased seperately. There's also a bearing in there as well, that should be changed while you're replacing the seal.

Shawn

05-18-08, 03:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
unioncity Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 Car 1: 1992 Vigor	Oil Leak 1992 Vigor. Oil leak onto engine seemingly from distributor area. Removed distributor. Oil was inside the distributor. Replaced the 2 small O-rings and distributor cap O-ring.Can someone explain to me the source of the oil that gets into the distributor and leaks down onto the engine.Thank you.Unioncity

07-06-08, 02:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
jonnyman2889 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1 Car 1: acura vigor	oil leak ?? umm just further ?? on the oil leak!!...about how much should someone be chargin me for labor to put the new rings in and stuff!!

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06-04-08, 04:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
shawnhu Vigorous Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York City Age: 28 Posts: 150 Car 1: '93 Vigor Car 2: '92 Vigor Car 3: '92 Vigor	Drop on by the acuravigorclub.com and register for the yahoo group. There's much more activity there that can solve problems like this. The specific problem that you're having regards to oil INSIDE the distributor is a bad oil seal. The oil seal is located on the rotor shaft, right behind the shaft bearing. You'll need to remove the distributor, cap, rotor, then the retaining clip that holds the crosspin. Take note of the way the distributor came out, and the location of the parts. It's important to put everything back together the same way. The seal and bearing kit can be ordered on ebay, bearingdepot, and some online auto parts stores. There is a more detailed write-up of this repair at acuravigorclub.com Shawn

07-15-08, 02:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
shawnhu Vigorous Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York City Age: 28 Posts: 150 Car 1: '93 Vigor Car 2: '92 Vigor Car 3: '92 Vigor	Well, The collar rings prevents oil from leaking out from and around the collar, and onto the exhaust manifold. That job requires the battery to be removed, then to distributor, then the collar. I would rate this job to be one hour, which would be about $85 in labor in NY. The parts would cost about $5. However, in the case above, the collar o-rings is not always the problem with the oil leak. There's actually 2 leaks that occurs in that distributor area. One is outside, caused by the collar o-rings. The other is a distributor shaft seal, internal to the distributor. If you have oil INSIDE the distributor, you have a bad shaft seal. That seal can be purchased seperately. There's also a bearing in there as well, that should be changed while you're replacing the seal. Shawn

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