My 92 3.1 is leaking oil from the upper rear crankcase area and dripping down on the bell housing. Its not comming from the rear main valve covers or distributer. I found a TSB on oil leaking from the cam plug. Anyone ever heard of this or how to fix it.

 

not sure how to fix it, but thats going to be a bitch because of the location. Maybe TOmP knows.

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1992 black 3.1 V6, auto, T-tops.
16flat@85.6 "order of the cacti"

 

I know how this is fixed and it is a pain...I recently replced my clutch(I am lucky to have a 5 speed) and I noticed that the cam button seal was leaking. There is a speacial gasket that you HAVE to buy. DO NOT USE RTV, PLAN CORK OR COMPRESSED CADBOARD FOR A GASKET!!!!!IT WILL BLOW OUT AND YOU WILL WASTE YOUR BEARINGS!!!!!!.
You do need this special gasket beacuse it has 3 different layers of sealing gasket with metal plates between them. When you get your tranny dropped and the button back off and the new gasket replaced you tighten it until the plate is almost flush to the block. close to 30 foot pounds pressure on the retaining bolts.