Head leaking oil out of bolt.

[redcollection8]

Okay so i bought this car in the winter and since its nice out today i took it for a drive finally. I start to smell burning oil and go home. When im pulling into my garage i see smoke coming out of the hood. When i pop the hood i see that there is oil all on the passenger side head and its coming out of the top left bolt thats pictured. I went to tighten it and its not screwing into anything.

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I have no clue what to do when it comes to this. Its a 5.1 stroker with less than 1k miles. Should i be calling the people whi built the motor or is this a easy fix? The bolt is fine and I swapped it around and its definately just that one hole.

 

[sabotage]

most likely your valve cover gaskets......

 

[cj428mach]

If you're tightening the bolt and its not snugging it up then its probably stripped out. You're more than likely going to need to put a helicoil in it.

 

[racebronco2]

I would just silicone the hole or screw in a bolt with silicone on it. You could tap for the next size bigger or remove the valve cover and get it welded. Lots of choices.