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Originally Posted by tecboy99
Thanks for the advice, guys! I did a little investigating under the car yesterday. It's not the dipstick tube. The stain on the seem of the bell housing seems to start just below the dipstick tube. But, The connection to the is bone dry. I'll look around the filter housing. I did that gasket and the valve cover around the same time back in the fall. I do recall that I was racing the sun on the oil filter housing job. So, maybe something didn't get seated right. Is that possible?
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As mentioned, the source of a small oil leak is hard to find. Gravity takes the oil to a bottom exit but it can be coming from many places above the exit point.
I always start with either cleaning the engine with gunk or spraying any areas that are stained with carb cleaner to remove the stain. Then check after a drive long enough to bring it up to operating temp. Don't always find the source or may take a drive or two but much better chance of locating problem.