Hello,

I have 91 V6 firebird. 80,000 original miles. After solving an overheating problem, I noticed the car is leaking oil from what appears to be a bolt. The bolt is located between the valve cover and the exhaust manifold and is right behind the power steering fluid reservoir. It's drips out from the bolt and burns off on the manifold. It also looks like it's beginning to run back towards the plugs. Could this be somehow be related to the valve cover gasket? Perhaps I toasted it when it ran hot a few days ago? Or could this be a head gasket issue?

I've never even seen a 6-cyl in one of these cars; haven't the vaguest dimmest foggiest remotest hint of a whiff of a glimpse of a clue what bolt you're talking about; but, try taking it out and putting a bit of "high-temp automotive thread sealer with PTFE" (Loctite/Permatex product) on the threads and under the head, and putting it back in.

Probably has nothing to do with "valve cover gasket" or "toast" or "head gasket".