I recently replaced a distributor on my older civic. I thought that the
O ring was in a recess channel on the distributor shaft. Maybe you
could go to an Auto Parts store and look at a new distributor to see
where the O ring should be.

The other thing is that when I installed the distributor, I couldn't
make it flush with the engine by hand. I had to evenly tighten the nuts
to pull the distributor housing flush to the engine block.


Nick wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:10:24 -0500, Nick > wrote:
>
> I just also wanted to mention that the oil isn't leaking inside to
> distributor, just where the cam and the distributor meet. In thinking
> over this, it seems that I would tend to have to slide it all the way
> to the end, can anyone please confirm?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
>
> >Hello Everyone,
> >
> > My 95 Accord DX began to leak some oil from the distributor and so I've pulled out the distributor am in the process of replacing the O-Ring.
> >The problem is that there was no O-Ring so I can only assume that the rubber disintegrated from age. When I'm sliding the new O-Ring back onto the
> >distributor, I'm getting about half way to the end of where the distributor meets up with the engine block where it slides without any force. The
> >other half if I were to slide it on, would have to be expanded to go all the way. The factory manual doesn't mention if I have to slide the O-Ring all
> >the way down or leave it as is half way. I'm not sure if I can explain it better than this but it would seem that I would leave it half way so it is
> >flush with the hole. Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Nick