Cam tower oil leaks

[tcrooks]

Leaking cam tower, dripping on exhaust header, should I just retorque anyone have a sure-fire fix?

[MattVAS]

There is no 100% cure.
1. The exhaust tower lovingly gets a TON of oil.
2. The top two studs of the exhaust manifold actually don't have bottom they go all the way into the cam tower. This makes them love to leak.
3. More oil gets into the tower than can really get out.

Fixes
1. reduce the amount of oil getting into the tower
2. seal the top two exhaust studs and cross your fingers
3. replace the gaskets to help with any already caused issues
4. attempt to clean up the oil return areas to assure the best flow back down the motor

NOW the number one quicky fix that helps everyone because everyone forgets about it.
CLEAN YOU OIL VAPOR SEPARATOR!!! This is the little canister on the drivers side of the block. It has one long hose to the filter/intake (depends on year) and one small hose that goes right back to the block. This canister will get clogged and thus cause a pressure build up in the motor. Some of the weakest torqued gaskets are on the cam tower and that is where this excess of pressure loves to purge itself. So, pull it clean it and probably replace the hoses.

[nyc124]

Do you have a picture of what the oil vapor separator looks like? The PO of my 1970 rearranged the entire engine bay, so very few things are where they should be.

[MattVAS]

[DRUMMOND]

I used gasket sealant on both sides of a new gasket. so far so good about 250 miles. its a Nissan sealant for timing belt covers.
As Matt says make sure the 4 bolts 2 on intake and 2 on exhaust get sealed also.

[tcrooks]

Really great advice, thanks so much!