[frank]

I wish there were a much stronger word that would express my frustration more accurately.

Okay, so I am not surprised, but no less frustrated had I been, but I put the motor back in and have been patiently replacing nuts, bolts, and seals over the past 3 weeks. Last night... 'round 1 am, I poured in the new oil and went to bed.

I woke up this morning to find a huge puddle of oil under the passenger side rocker box... It looked to me like that's where it was leaking from and confirmed it when I removed the valve cover and a bunch more oil came out.

I did not drain the oil until after I put the motor back in, so I didn't have this oil leak problem until I poured in the new oil.

I collected about 1 quart of oil and it is still dripping... probably doesn't help that I have the car lifted really high on the driver's side.

So what did I do wrong?... I'm sure there's plenty.

I had removed the motor to replace leaking push-rod seals and now that area seems like oil goes straight from the oil-filler and out the rocker box. I haven't removed the driver side valve cover yet, but I am about to.

I thought I was certain the rods were seated correctly but maybe I didn't... I dread that I may need to remove the motor again to investigate.

Any thoughts on how to diagnose this?