I'm having an oil leak in a strange place. Well, it's not a strange place, it's always leaked there, but I'm starting to wonder what is the cause of it.

It appears on the driveway on the DRIVERS side of the engine.

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I've replaced the:

Rear Main, Front main, Camshaft seal, layshaft seal (or whatever it's called), oil pan gasket, valve cover gasket, the cam plug (I also have a plug bracket in there), recently replaced the flame trap filter, the breather box is new (and new orings).

I had the car on front jacks for about a week recently. I replaced the plug and the valve cover gasket, which were a leak issue. After I fixed it, and ran the engine for a while there was no leaking. Even after I ran the engine and drove it for a while. Now there are drips on the drain plug and the transmission mounts.

I just now looked at the cam-cover, and there isn't signs of leaking on the PASSENGER side of the engine.

There seems to be more oil leak evidence on the DRIVERS side, between the PS pump and the starter.

I am (hopefully) inserting a picture of another persons engine, with arrows where the leak issues seem to be.

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If that doesn't work, I guess go to the regular link.

Anyways, A is the bracket for the Idle Air Control (or whatever it's called). Is there a plug behind that?
B is under the PS pump, but the oil is ABOVE the oil pan and the gasket.
C is the second area where the oil is pooling.
D is also where the oil seems to pool.


From what I can see, the flame trap seems dry, and the breather box doesn't look bad.

I don't know if that means a front seal is leaking or maybe the breather box is leaking.

When I have done the dye test, it seems to be sourced in an area i can't find.