intermintant huge ass oil leak

[shonuffmine]

well i thought it was the rear cam seal,so i pulled the usual gear out of the way n poped the can sensor off in about 10 mins,mmm no leak.so i pulled the upper cover n its fairly dry (186500 miles)it,s dripping on to the cats and tranny(ATX) like a rear cam seal but the area above the cam seal is oilsoaked too???i do not believe the PO did a upper 60 but there is a new timing belt n water pump, the cps looks fresh. this car did sit for about 4-5 mons, are the valve cover gaskets known for drying out,the weird part is its only oily over the rear cam seal area and p/s pump ,but not leaking on the exhaust man>!!HELP!!

 

[elarm1]

I think I had your same problem.... Chech the valve cover gasket in that corner next to the cam seal. It is easily upset when attempting to put the valve covers back on

 

[IM Buddy8]

They could have also snapped one of the valve cover bolts (soooo easy to do). Usually corner ones snap too of course.. Goodluck get that fixed i hate oil leaks!!

 

[RonJohn]

well i thought it was the rear cam seal,so i pulled the usual gear out of the way n poped the can sensor off in about 10 mins,mmm no leak.so i pulled the upper cover n its fairly dry (186500 miles)it,s dripping on to the cats and tranny(ATX) like a rear cam seal but the area above the cam seal is oilsoaked too???i do not believe the PO did a upper 60 but there is a new timing belt n water pump, the cps looks fresh. this car did sit for about 4-5 mons, are the valve cover gaskets known for drying out,the weird part is its only oily over the rear cam seal area and p/s pump ,but not leaking on the exhaust man>!!HELP!!

did you ever find out what it was??