How many of you all have the drivers side valve cover leak? I did a search and this appears to be a fairly common problem on the N.A. model, but not so much on the SRT (from what I have found).

I realize they are the same valve covers, so it is likely just not as common because there are so few SRTs.

Anyhow, I pulled the car in the garage this friday and heard the air pump kick on like it always does at stop lights, etc. Well, when this happened, I saw a very small amount of smoke so I opened the hood really quick to try to find the source and noticed the oil filter housing or the valve cover has a TINY leak, just enough to wet the metal (not even form a 'drip'). The oil has slowly made its way down to the exhaust manifold, hence the smoke. When the air pump kicked in, I guess it moved enough air to force the smoke out of the engine bay and allow me to see it.

So, who else has had this valve cover/filter housing leak? My neighbor is a MB Tech at our local MB dealer and said it is very common on the 112 motor because of the fact that the filter housing uses RTV only. He said it's easy enough that he'd fix it for free if I don't want to mess with the dealer...

SQ