in a 603, the oil passages on the head are on the exhaust side right?
i just installed the head, and it seems there is a little bit of oil along the headline... I do have an oil leak where i drilled through the head to remove the guiderail pins... its leaking down around the #1 glowplug area, the oil may be travelling along the ridge?

So, if that's not it... is it possible to leak oil on the IP side of the engine?
should i retorque the head bolts? the car starts instantly so i guess i don't have a compression leak... and i'm thinking if the head isn't tight enough causing an oil leak along the gasket... wouldn't performance suffer big time? coz right now the car runs perfectly... starts instantly, and doesn't appear to be consuming huge amounts of oil... though its only been about a week since i started it up...

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