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[Matchless]

James, its very difficult to see oil leaking from the crank seal, but it seems to be a common cause of oil collecting on the front edge of the upper sump.

[JamesV6CDX]

To quote Mark....

You fix the bl**dy obvious  first!  

James. Change the oil (and the sump plug washer!).
Clean everything around there (again traffic film remover is good)

Run car and see what happens!

Oil and filter changed. Sump plug changed. The obvious leaks are now fixed.

Unfortunately, it' still collecting on the top of the sump, and leaking.

Looks like I need to do the crank seal. And I've heard horrible stories about that job...

[Dazzler]

Cambelt back off again sprocket off and in good old fashioned Haynes style......just prise out the oil seal and replace with new one

[JamesV6CDX]

Cambelt back off again sprocket off and in good old fashioned Haynes style......just prise out the oil seal and replace with new one

My concern is, how best to lock the engine in place, while undoing the pulley..

[Dazzler]

Try undoing the center bolt while the cam belt is still on. In gear handbrake on etc...and a breaker bar from the top or an impact wrench (if enough access) and give it a go. If you can get someone on the footbrake as well even better

[JamesV6CDX]

Try undoing the center bolt while the cam belt is still on.

Never turn the engine anti-clockwise with the cambelt in place  

[Dazzler]

Your not because its in gear with brakes on, so it hardly moves at all. If you not happy with that idea then remove the starter motor and jam the flywheel.
Is there a timing hole or anything in the bell housing where you can see the flywheel?? If there is then lock the flywheel from that.