Hi recently I bought a 1.6l vetec 04 civic privately with 90k miles on it.The condition was very good and had fsh,but unfortunately several weeks later of light use it sprung a major oil leak on the engine.It completely covered the back of the engine head to tail, that was how bad it was.The oil level was spot on when I bought it and had recently been changed.I took it to 3 garages for an estimate, and they all said it was leaking from the cam cover gasket and the front main crankshaft seal, also that the oil had contaminated the timing belt so that would need replacing aswell.Garage number 2 was pretty blunt, and said it looks like high oil pressure and that if they replaced the seals it would just start leaking again.I ended up taken it to garage number 3 and they done the cam cover gasket,front main crankshaft seal and replaced the timing belt for around £400.I thought that was that and that it was just one of those things.Just 2 weeks later it started leaking again from behind the crankshaft pulley under the timing belt cover,but only very very slighly.I took it back to garage 2, hoping that it was their mistake,but they said that it is now most likely leaking from the front camshaft oil seal.Garage 2 said there was no visible oil leak from that seal when then had the timing belt cover off before and that there would be a charge to replace this seal.Garage 2 said it is unlikely to be due to high oil pressure and that to replace the front camshaft oil seal would be an involved because the engine mount is in the way.

So now I am at a crossroads of what to do.Do I get the front camshaft oil seal done and hope that the rear engine oil seals aint the next to go or just sell it asap before it turns into an even bigger money pit?

Thanks

Edited by user111 on 20/06/2016 at 11:02