As stated in my title, I've got a visibly faulty oil pan gasket, but the gasket sits so close to the timing cover that its hard to diagnose if its only the oil pan gasket or if its possibly coming from somewhere else up near the front of the engine. This is where the majority of the leak is coming from (see pics). The oil pools up in the bottom of the skid plate and drips out from there. I'm just curious if anyone has any input on exactly what to check/ replace before I go shooting in the dark. I have a new oil pan gasket, "crankshaft seal kit" from NAPA P/N FPG TCS455651, which I believe comes with a new oil filter housing gasket, and some new belts I'm going to throw on once I'm in there. I haven't torn into it yet to further diagnose just because I'm still waiting on a few of the gaskets to come in and I want to have all the gaskets on hand when I tear into this project.
For the oil pan gasket, is it best to use the paper gasket, or make my own gasket with Black high temp RTV, or both? I have Permatex optimum max flex and oil resistant gasket maker. Thank you guys, as always, for any help.
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