Oil Leak-Where's it coming from?!

[dsm_illicious]

I found some oil leaking right beneath the valve cover. It's not coming from the valve cover gasket. I also noticed that exhaust port 3 & 4 (left side) are kinda black-I'm assuming I need a new exhaust gasket. Anyway, the leaky oil I'm finding is in the circled area. I just re-tightened the allen plug above it (added some red loctite) because it was leaking a bit-but it didn't solve the problem. There is another plug to the left & it looks like it's leaking too. I'm not sure what it is and if I could just unbolt-re loctite-and screw back in. Any ideas?

 

[CanadianTSi]

I would go over all the bolts on your Valve Cover and your Exhaust Manifold and make sure there tight.

 

[dsm_illicious]

Valve cover, as mentioned above, isn't the issue-gasket is fine and has some RTV. I can understand the black stuff on the front of the head from a bad exhaust manifold gasket-but not the oil-unless my motor's crappin' out on me-but spark plugs are clean and the oil isn't coming from the exhaust manifold area.

 

[ddavisaf]

It's the 1G Oil Feed line location. Feel free to pull 'er out and loctite it.

 

[bojanglesracing]

Did you look for a crack? it may be froma cam seal

 

[dsm_illicious]

The 1G oil feed line location is the LARGE plug/bolt on the left side or that small allen-plug in the front towads the LEFT side. I did remove the small allen plug and re-locktite-d it and it's ok now.

As for the crack on a cam seal?
Do you mean the rubber half-moon seal? It's fine-no leaks.

 

[ddavisaf]

The Large bolt to the left of the alan head bolt is the 1G oil feed line. All you should have to do is place the crush washer, but loctite it while it's out.

 

[dsm_illicious]

Did you mean re-place the crush washer? What's the purpose of that little plug in the front?

 

[tc1155]

you can buy a dye and add it to the oil and let the car run for like a min and black light it and that shows you where the leak is

 

[95-talontsi]

I have that same leak and my left bolt on my manifold has oil on it to its wierd.