Oil leak under load
Installed the DCR oil system, including new oil pump and cams a while back. Upon changing my oil the first time after that, I noticed a little bit of fresh oil accumulating by the oil pan by the bolt right below the oil pump (where you put the RTV on the pan). Pulled pan, cleaned and re-sealed. Today doing the oil change, I noticed oil in the same spot. I cleaned it off thoroughly, started the car and got under it. There were no leaks present at idle but after a hard drive, there will be a little oil accumulating in the same place. I can't see any cracks in the pan, but am wondering if just the gasket may be bad? I've reused it maybe 3-4 times so far.
There is no oil by the valve cover, or the head or basically "above" the pan. I don't ever have to add oil so it's a very small amount, so nothing detrimental; just annoying to see when I change my oil.
Oil pump was installed in accordance to FSM specs with anaerobic sealant about 5k miles ago so that's not what's leaking. Plug and filter are not leaking, either. Any help would be appreciated.
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