5.0L oil leak - not serious, just not pretty

[MidwestKITT]

I have an '83 Trans Am with the 5.0 liter engine. I have an oil leak around the lower front area, pan, front main, or timing cover. It's not enough to worry about, I change oil once a year (<5000 mi,) and never need to add during the year. But it looks bad and I would to like fix it.

I'll clean it and then check bolt torques on all of the covers, and then try to spot the leak. Can I remove the pan with the engine in place? If it's the timing cover, will it come off after removing the crank pulley?

Thanks.

 

[melsg5]

here are instructions for the pan

http://www.thirdgen.org/oilpangasket

 

[MidwestKITT]

Well thanks for the link, but at this time oil loss isn't bad enough to pull the engine. I'll do a little cleaning to see if there is something easy to fix it. I check oil at each startup, too.

Thanks again