its the spark plug wells, the oring type gaskets are leaking. ive worked on a saturn that had the wells full of oil. imagine that, owner was complaining of an oil leak. so for a quick fix for him for a week i cleaned the oil out of the wells then ran my finger of RTV around the well tube and the head where the gasket it. sealed it right up. make sure you clean, clean clean! the oil off the well walls or else the RTV wont seal.
do that, have fun, this holiday. then spend the hour or so it takes to replace the valve cover gaskets.
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ive got a write up for tearing the passenger side valve cover off.
I think your idea is fine for a quick temp fix.
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Never tell your wife she looks tired, they tend to hit and say that means she looks ugly. (weird logic i know)