Strange Oil Leak?

sweet97 · 02-21-2006, 03:50 PM

I have an oil leak that appears to be coming from the head gasket area right in front of #1 cylinder. I did just change cams and the rubber seals have 4k miles on them. Also the head has a hole just below the valve cover, same area that I thought was a vent on my 7 bolt but this is a 6-bolt and that hole is plugged. Is there anything common here? Bad cam seals? Now I see a bit of oil on the lower plastic cover on the timing marks also. Suggestions? This happen to anyone else? Thanks, Mark
PS: Could the head gasket be leaking, the car runs great otherwise. Mark

DSM90AWD · 02-22-2006, 11:46 AM

Could the oil be comming from the valve cover gasket area? Did you replace the VC gaskets when you did the cams?

Everytime I pull my cover I'm real anxious about over torking the bolts (and cracking the cover) so tend to err on the safe side and sometimes have a little seepage that re-torking the bolts has always helped

sweet97 · 02-22-2006, 02:43 PM

I think it is the gasket. After I change it I will let you know. mark