People sure were not wrong when they said the 258's valve cover is impossible to keep oiltight. It started weeping through at the back last spring but then three weeks ago I started noticing oil dripping down from the skidplate. An inspection found the valve cover was leaking towards the front and today I noticed that the gasket split above spark plug #1.
From there I can't tell if it's related or unrelated but oil is starting to appear around the harmonic balancer. If a new valve cover gasket makes that stop then I'll ignore it until I degrease the engine again but it it stays I'll have to pull the balancer off and service the front oil seal, the timing chain cover and what the hell, lets also replace the timing chain as well since we are 265000km into its life probably.
On the inside I finally got around to fabricating the mount for the Car Phone. The metal frame under the dash and above the ashtray already has a bolthole so I grabbed the most rigid piece of steel I could find and bent that into shape with a bolt welded to the end.
