I have a leaking cam seal. Looks like both are leaking on my teg. I changed out the exhaust side on with a honda cam seal but it leaked again. This has happened with my friend's teg also.

Which one is better?: Golden Eagle vs. STR. Only advantage of Golden Eagle is 3 o-rings. I read that someone on one of the boards had a leaking STR cam seal.

Have you experienced oil leaks with either Golden Eagle or STR cam seals?
How many miles have you run on Golden Eagle or STR cam seals?

Is there a lower price than $25 for the Golden Eagle cam seal?
http://www.motormatrix.com/goleagcamsea.html

Was there ever a group buy for the Golden Eagle cam seal?


Lowest I found for the STR cam seal is $22 at manchester honda.

I would appreciate any info you can provide me with. Thanks.

 

i replaced mine with a STR seal and have not had any signs of leaking. this was about 20k miles ago and it looks pretty good too. i can't recall how many o-rings it has but i'm sure it has more than one. it's just a 3 dollar difference and i really don't think you can go wrong with either one as long as you stay away from the stock plug.

 

STR has 2 o-rings & Golden eagle has 3.

With the stock cam seals, I used rtv sealant & torqued the bolts that hold down the cover over the cam seals to spec. I did this on 2 tegs with the cam seal leak problem. Both tegs now leak again. Honda cam seals will not leak in the 1st or 2nd year but they eventally leak. Honda redesigned the cam seals for the 96 tegs; they are better but still leak. Early versions were rubber, then they switched to a hard plastic.

 

STR on both my integras, cant go wrong with it

 

I've never heard of the STR seal leaking. Just buy either one, you're not really going to get it for less than 20 bucks. If it gives you more peace of mind to drop the 5 bones on the Golden Eagle that's perfectly fine--just eat one less McDonald's value meal in your lifetime than you were planning to.

 

dang ,if its brand new it shouldn't leak at all but you just ran into sum bad luck there.

try sum honda bond on the seal maybe that will help.

 

golden eagle works fine for me on my gsr
but on my b16 i had str seals no leaks either

either way you win

 

Have you guys put 60k or more on your str or golden eagle cam seals?

 

Do you read the threads you whore in?

 

qtiger, why don't you read my thread? Here's a recap:

With the stock cam seals, I used rtv sealant & torqued the bolts that hold down the cover over the cam seals to spec. I did this on 2 tegs with the cam seal leak problem. Both tegs now leak again. Honda cam seals will not leak in the 1st or 2nd year but they eventally leak. Honda redesigned the cam seals for the 96 tegs; they are better but still leak. Early versions were rubber, then they switched to a hard plastic.