[BVR421]

monkey, it sounds like the oil leak from the front is the front cover seal around the balancer shaft. Repair involves removing the 160 ft lb balancer bolt, probably using a puller to get the balancer to move the first 1/4". Remove the front cover/water pump assembly as a unit. 4 oil pan bolts, 2 nuts on the studs out of the block and 2 long bolts. 1 long skinny bolt into the intake manifold. Carefully knock out the old seal and drive in a new one with a little permatex on the metal casing. Look at the balancer shaft. It will probably have a groove that the old seal wore in it. If it does a new seal wont help. Get an offset seal to deal with this, Victor makes one that is about a 1/4" further up the shaft so it rides on smooth metal. lube the rubber part of the new seal. Or get a shaft slipper tube that goes on over the balancer shaft. A thin tube. I dont like those but they work. I like the offset seal much better.
Good time to check the timing chain. If its made of nylon dont hesitate CHANGE IT! If its metal and not stretched more than about a 1/2" dont worry about it. Super clean the old gasket off of the block and timing cover. A thin schmeer (is that yiddish?) of gasket sealer on both sides of the new gasket. If you carefully separated the front cover from the oil pan the old gasket can be used if its not torn up. If you use the new front pan gasket that comes with a timing cover gasket kit, glue it down to the oil pan with a 1/8" bead of sealer under where the front pan gasket overlaps the pan rail gaskets. Install the front cover loosely after gluing in a new water washer at the intake manifold interface, install the balancer with a schmeer LOL of grease to lube the new seal. The balancer shaft is what centers the new seal evenly around the shaft before tightening down the front cover bolts. Balancer bolt to 160 ft lbs min.

Ive never seen a actual oil leak from an oil pan gasket ever except when the rear hump gasket is installed improperly. Sometimes some seepage from the individual oil pan bolts but that is easy to deal with. Dont remove pan, dont break the gasket seal. Remove all bolts. Spritz with brake cleaner around the bolt hole (each of them) wipe dry, run a very small circle of silicone around the hole so it will be under the head of the pan bolt, wait 15mins then reinstall pan screws. BTW, your local ACE Hardware store should have replacement bolts for the lost ones. Tighten to no more than 7 ft lbs or you will warp the flange and that screws everything. Thats about finger tight plus a half turn or so.
All of this is in your manual of course with pictures (8-)