Join the club. I have a Touring and when I went to do an oil change, found oil on the pan under the engine. I traced it to the valve cover area. The dealer took it in, cleaned it up, put dye in the oil and couldn't determine where it was leaking. I have driven it several thousand miles since and , guess what, it is still leaking. I will be taking it back to them as soon as I get home.

 

Most likely its from the valve cover. On my car I see where the plastic valve cover touches the cylinder head and it is shinny (wet looking).

 

I had the same oil leak noticed at about 6,000km with my 2017 Touring. Got it fixed at the dealership but I wasn’t a happy customer. I now have noticed a small oil leak at the front coming from the valve cover. There must be many more having the same oil leaks despite what the dealership is saying.

 

This seems like a widespread issue. I think many people do not know this is happening to them because they do not do their own maintenance.

If I bring my vehicle into the dealership for this fix will they give me a rental car? I purchased this vehicle from them as well.

 

It doesn't hurt to periodically change your oil versus taking it to dealer.

I think there are about 3 leak sources so far: 1) cam cover, 2) valve cover, 3) seal between engine and CVT.

I noticed the cam cover seal leak during my 3rd oil change. Dealer was able to quickly fix.

Sounds like Honda is well aware of the issue and Honda service depts are collecting data. Odd Honda didn't detect the issue prior to production! What the?!

 

I have a 2018 EX. 2 days this past week, I Noticed a small oil stain on the ground, under my truck directly under the area of the dipstick.
Can you someone post a picture of the area you all say your oil is coming from?

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leak appears between CVT and engine .... noticed it in April oil change
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I have one small leak that had produced about 5 drops of oil over a 2 month period.
As I stated in another post I was with the Local Racing team and had my CR-V up on one of their lifts putting on the running boards and decided to pull the cover because of other posts I had read on the subject. Thats when I noticed it.

I called over the head mechanic and asked him what he thought about it. He said it was not uncommon to see small leaks like that on new vehicles. I asked him should I get it repaired by Honda. He said I highly recommend that you just leave it alone. The amount of oil leaking is insignificant and may not even equal a teaspoon full between oil changes. He said on the other hand if I take it to Honda and some mechanic with limited skills starts to pull things apart I may find myself facing numerous other problems that did not exist before.

I am also not happy about the small leak but I get what he is saying and I really do not plan on rolling the dice on something this small.

Rob

 

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Wedged my camera under my EX in the general area I think the oil leak is coming out from.

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April 25, 2018 MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION NUMBER: APAS04252018901
Components: ENGINE
NHTSA ID Number: 10136420

Manufacturer Communication Number: APaS04252018901

Summary

Dealer message - American Honda (AHM) is investigating certain 2017 Civics & CR-Vs with customer complaint of oil leak from the timing chain case cover. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to collect specific parts from the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

 

That's a pretty interesting comment. Honda wants to collect parts before attempting a repair? So how long is the customer's car tied up with a missing part that has been collected while the customer waits for Honda to figure out what is the cause of the leak?

 

I would guess they will swap out the part to examine the original, in hopes of finding a common problem after collecting a bunch of them, and then designing a new version.

 

And people are worried about fuel dilution.. Seems like these leaks would be a bigger concern for someone looking to buy one..

 

That's a leak? I bet you it doesn't even show up on the dipstick or the CVT check fluid port.

 

Its a new car, it shouldnt leak at all.

 

Did my 1st oil change at 1600 miles today. Looks like I've got a leak as well. Not much ever made it to the shield and none on the garage.

 

Hi everyone!
It's bad, I have observed something like oil leak under "valves cover", I have cleaned it and plan to observing what will be in future time after.
Yes, it's not seems for Honda

I think it could be due to very liquid oil type, I mean 0w20. Thinking try to change it for 5w30.
In my previous Honda Civic I used 5w30 and had never seen any oil leaks etc.

 

0W-30 would be preferable to 5W-30. 0W-30 will flow to the top of a cold motor quicker than 5W-30.

 

Before changing the oil what does the Owners Manual say to use for your CR-V?
There's also probably a sticker on the inside of engine hood.

And why did you change the oil at 1,600 miles?

 

I have not changed the oil at 1.6 m, I have changed it at 9000.

About oil, info from manual:
Recommended Engine Oil
• Honda Genuine Motor Oil
• Premium-grade 0W-20 detergent oil with an API Certification Seal on the
container

This seal indicates the oil is energy conserving and
that it meets the American Petroleum Institute’s latest
requirements.

Use Honda Genuine Motor Oil or another commercial
engine oil of suitable viscosity for the ambient
temperature as shown.

You may also use synthetic motor oil if it is labeled with the API Certification Seal
and is of the specified viscosity grade.

So, obviously I have use other oil with API Certification

 

I know this is an old thread, but I am wondering if there is any update about the oil leak. Is this a widespread problem with 17-18 CRV/Civic?

 

The fact that this thread is dead, there appear to be no others like it, and the number of posts here were small...

Conclusion: NOT a wide spread problem. Which does not mean that no CRVs have experienced an oil leak, just that there is no widespread event going on here.

If it were wide spread.. we would have had forum meltdowns in mass, and mods forced to consolidate every such post into a single large thread by now.