Possible Oil leak?

[vampire101]

Im just wondering where this oil is commin from and is it a bad thing? In this picture look right above the dipstick theres an oil patch.. i was wondering Is this a bad thing? I was told by my mecahnic i have an oil leak under the timeing cover could this be oil spray or leak from that?

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[steve]

Clean the engine bay, replace the valve cover gasket and see if it's comes back. I think the new gasket will fix it. Make sure not to torque the bolts more than 3 ft lbs when you put the cover back on.

Steve