Hi everyone. I own a 11’ Mini Cooper Countryman S 2wd with 160,000 well maintained miles. I have an oil leak from up high on the right front side of block that flows down and leaks. I am using the photos above just to show the location. Have you seen this and what could it be?

 

Would seem like a valve cover leak to me.

 

seriously! Ok I will go back and check Could there be anything else causing it? To leak like that?

 

Based on your picture, it starts at the parting line of the head and valve cover and leaks down to the lower areas. You can try checking the bolt tightness, but that may be a temporary fix if the gasket is going bad which I think is pretty common.

 

thanks for the response. I changed almost every gasket on the car, when i should’ve just replaced the obvious. Going to replace asap