The most common but most unrecognized oil leak

[billschroeder5842]

*UPDATE*

I "think" I may have got it, but the true test will be tomorrow when I drive it..

I did a "hybrid" of some of the past efforts. I took a series of extensions about 22" long and put a U joint at the bottom with 8mm socket. I stood on the inside of the tires between the tires and the inner fenders- damn near vertical from the problem area.

I snaked my right hand down to the (it helps if you coat your arm with car soap) down to the fittings and "found" the bolt heads strictly by feel. I then snaked the extension down with my left hand in the area in between the oil filter and the valve cover, dropping it until it fell into my right hand. I "cupped" the u-joint fitting and fiddled around until it mated with the bolt head. I held the extension/u joint pretty firm to bolt to help with seating and void stripping.

I was able to turn the top bolt about 1/3 of a turn and the bottom about 1/2 turn. It was pretty hard to turn the nut but that could have been part of the angle of the u joint and extension.

I'm not sure if I did any good or not, but I'll take it out in the next couple of days. I spent about 30 minutes on it not counting me messing with a rag to soak up any oil residue.

Fingers crossed!