new cam oil seal leaking?

[Kneale Brownson]

At 02:19 PM 01/16/2003 -0500, scott thomas wrote:
>During my upper end r&r and timing belt job, I did change the
>camshaft oil seal. I was wondering if it's normal for some leakage
>when new? The amount is lessening, but am not happy, though. I went
>so far as to pull the valve cover and bearing cap #1, I removed the
>seal and then siliconed the outer diameter. Siliconed the valve cover
>gasket back and saw a tremendous decrease in the amount leaking. Now,
>it's not so bad. I am going to degrease the engine when it warms to
>find exactly where the leak might be. Hopefully, it's not the crank
>front seal. The leak is higher than the oil pan, so I have the crank
>front seal, the oil temp sender, & cam front seal as possibilities.
>
>How hard is it to do the front crank seal?
>How much do oil temp senders cost? Mine may need replacing anyway
>because the plastic portion can be turing inside the metal housing,
>although it didn't leak before the job and functions normally.

You replaced the camshaft seal but not the crankshaft seal when you did the
timing belt?  Was the old camshaft seal leaking?

Did you put a sealant on the threads of the longer bolts that hold in the
rear covers and the water pump?  Some of those longer bolts go into the oil
pump or some oil channel and you can get leaks around those threads if
they're not sealed, I believe.