2010 oil leak ...

[Hershey]

These are from the '08 which has 23,000+ miles and leaks more . The 2010 seems to have slowed down . 1st pic is where the oil leaks from the plastic head gasket above the large ledge and collects underneath it . Have found it to run along seal of timing chain cover and end up on the upper lip of the oil pan . Not all that significant . The 2nd pic is the top of the ledge . The area circled in RED is where the plastic head gasket is hidden under the upper head . The last pic is a close up of the plastic head gasket that leaks for both ( sorry a bit blurred ) . The '08 sedan gets wet with oil every 100 miles or more , while the 2010 hasn't with same miles as of recent.

[Hershey]

Originally Posted by Hershey

These are from the '08 which has 23,000+ miles and leaks more . The 2010 seems to have slowed down . 1st pic is where the oil leaks from the plastic head gasket above the large ledge and collects underneath it . Have found it to run along seal of timing chain cover and end up on the upper lip of the oil pan . Not all that significant . The 2nd pic is the top of the ledge . The area circled in RED is where the plastic head gasket is hidden under the upper head . The last pic is a close up of the plastic head gasket that leaks for both ( sorry a bit blurred ) . The '08 sedan gets wet with oil every 100 miles or more , while the 2010 hasn't with same miles as of recent.

Disregard the area in RED for post #5 and post #24 and #34 circled in BLUE . Found that not to be the source , the oil does collect there from the exposed head gasket (black ) circled in RED . This was in the early stages when hunting for the source of the oil leak .

[auxmike]

I took these shots of my engine.
The top one shows Some crud building up on the rear corner of the valve cover.
The others are what I think you are talking about?
My head seems clean and dry, do you agree?
BTW, I use a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS2 for quality closeups...
Leica lens, can't go wrong......