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Oil leak

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CHICHIX23
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  • 2009 HONDA CRV
I recently ran over a curb and my car leaked out its oil. I was wondering if you could give me an estimate on how much it would cost to fix it?
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 AT 7:47 AM

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Tiny
KHLOW2008
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Hi chichix23,

Without a visual of the damage, the extent is unknown and is impossible to provide any estimate. It sounds like the oil drain plug or oil pan needs to be replaced but to be sure here is a guide to help us find the leak.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-is-leaking-oil

Please run down this guide and report back.
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 AT 1:48 PM
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ZANYJB
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Thank you for this post I had this problem and had to replace the oil pan and gasket cost me $234.00 all fixed I love this site.
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Monday, November 18th, 2019 AT 12:58 PM
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STRANGER44
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Engine Mechanical problem
2004 Honda CRV 4 cyl Four Wheel Drive Automatic

Help - I have a oil leak. Leaks onto serpintine belt and flings all around. So I removed serpintine belt and the leak goes away. So my question is what external device takes engine oil? Alternator?Ps pump?AC unit? Thanks for any reply
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Monday, November 18th, 2019 AT 12:59 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Hi stranger44,

Crankshaft pulley oil seal would be the more likely cause. It is located behind the pulley.
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Monday, November 18th, 2019 AT 12:59 PM (Merged)
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GBUSH
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  • 2001 HONDA CRV
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I have a 2001 Honda CRV with 142,000 miles on it. I have had a slow oil leak for a while, but all of a sudden now when I shut off the engine after driving I get a rather large puddle of oil under the car. Also I am getting smoke from oil burning on the engine from the leak. Any ideas of what the problem might be? Thanks.
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Monday, November 18th, 2019 AT 12:59 PM (Merged)
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Hi gbush,

What oil is leaking? Engine, transmission or others?
Where is the leak coming from?

It could be a bad hose or a seal that has dislodged itself.
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Monday, November 18th, 2019 AT 12:59 PM (Merged)
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GBUSH
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Engine oil, my engine oil light came on, I added oil and went off. Is it odd that it only leaks after I shut off the engine?
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Monday, November 18th, 2019 AT 12:59 PM (Merged)
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When seals are bad, it sometimes does not leak while the engine is running, at least not too badly and when the engine is turned off, the accumulated leaks would be dumped off, thus the bad leak.

You would need to locate the source. Most leaks would either br from the crankshaft pulley or flywheel oil seals ( between the enguine and transmission)

Some leaks can be from the VTEC valves.
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Monday, November 18th, 2019 AT 12:59 PM (Merged)
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GBUSH
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What kind of cost is associated with fixing those problems?
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Monday, November 18th, 2019 AT 12:59 PM (Merged)
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KHLOW2008
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The crank pulley oil seal would not be too expensive. Parts cost is $8.85 with labor time of 1 hour.

Flywheel oil seal is $16.83 with a labor time of 6.4 hours.

The prive of the VTEC solenoid gasket and labor time is not available in our database.
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