Though i've already posted this on other forums, I want to post here to.

There is what appears to be a head gasket leak.
This motor was just rebuilt and has only 2000 miles on it. Its not a big leak, only like 1/10 a quart every 500 miles, but it is a concern.



I have pics. This is of the left side on the back:




Zoomed out pic,




It drips down to here where the oil pan is. At first I thought it was leaking but on second look it appears not. I just had the pan and the gasket replaced. It is dripping from above:







Because of oil on this area, I thought it was the cam seal or the VC gasket, but when I looked at the cam seal it was dry, and I also re-applied the VC gasket which was already new so shouldn't have leaked; those two are not leaking. When I cleaned it off, each time oil came back:





That was when I looked underneath and noticed oil seeping from where the head meets the block.



There is no coolant in the oil and not oil in the coolant. I put the HG on backwards the first time and later fixed it, but I torqued it down backwards. I never ran the car with it on backwards (thankfully). I may have deformed the HG though by torquing it down backwards. Think this caused my problem? I tried to tighten it back up again but that did not fix the issue so I do not know what to do next other than replace the head gasket. It is not an OEM one so maybe that is why its doing this. I used copper spray if that matters.

Should I fix it now or would it be safe to wait a while, I don't have many funds to fix it now.

 

Nice purolator pureone oil filter (the best).

 

They seem nice, it was actually on sale for 3.99 from advance with 5 qt's of Valvoline high mileage. It was one of those "hot deals". Its alot better than the Fram filters, heard those were crap.

On to the subject though my friend.