Thread: Oil leak from lower timing cover bolt hole

I finally found the source of my leak after changing the oil pan and oil filter adapter gasket. It's leaking from the lower bolt hole next to the oil filter adapter. I tried a few tomes last night with silicone and it still leaks. So I put an O ring as well as silicone in there to see what that does. But in the mean time while it's drying, what do y'all do?

I put thread sealant on those type of bolts. Never had then leak.

I did that a first and it leaked. So I figured it was on the outer side of the threads along the shaft of the bolt, so I silicones the whole shaft and that still leaked. So hopefully the silicone on the shaft with the o ring under the head will stop it.

I will know in the morning when I get to work but so far it's not leaking. It was the bolt right above the bottom cover bolt, the one with the little stib sticking out. I remember taking that bolt out when I was running my belts as it was in the way since I don't have power steering and the belt runs directly up to the alternator, it was in the way.