1998 Honda Magna oil leak?

[joesup85]

Just bought a 98 magna v65 with less than 5000 miles. When its parked I've notice a small drip of oil coming off the bottom of the left rear cyclinder head. Why and where could this be coming from on an engine with so few miles?

[Dan W]

5000 miles is not a lot of miles but it IS 10 years.After heat cycles I would I look around the lower cylinder gasket.

[stanly s]

Ur right about the miles, sure it's the head leaking and not lthe valve cover? I'd clean it good and check before having head retorqued. the valve cover is held down with 4 allen (6mm wrench) head bolts that are fairly easy to over torque, because they are positive stop. The "easy" way to fix a slight valvecover leak is to remove bolts and put in new grommets or a thin rubber shim on top of old ones (and I say "easy" bc even this involves lifting gastank, moving coils, heat shield, etc).
a real easy thing to try on the valve cover would be to find the exact place, clean very good, then try to seal spot w/ silicone gasket sealer.