Valve cover leak

[psaboic]

Folks, I have been chasing down an oil leak at the valve cover for a couple months now and it is starting to drive me crazy!!

It leaks at the drivers side front corner, but the rest of the valve cover is sealed nice and dry, even the entire front section of the cover.

So far I have tried two new gaskets, torqued the valve cover nuts to FSM spec, torqued them a bit looser than spec, and tightened them slightly and then a good amount more than FSM spec. Nothing helped.

I applied a small amount of gasket sealer to the mating surface of the gasket at the spot I assumed it was leaking at but that did not help either. I even did a rough check to see if the cover was warped by setting it on a 1 X 8 piece of wood, and the cover appeared to be ok.

Any ideas, I'm really getting tired of the mess on the engine and on the underside of the car.

Any idea where I can get a good used valve cover for a modest price if I need to go that route??

Glenn