Head gasket?!?

[Johnyd2]

Alright im tring to elimate the last of the various leaks on my V6 97 camaro. One by one, leak by leak they are getting fixed since June. I'm still burning oil from, what i was told to be the head gasket. First off, the leak seems to be coming from the front of the motor somewhere... its hard to tell since everything under the hood is pretty filthy (cant wait for april to do some good ole fashion spring cleaning). Ive had this particualr leak since i bought the car in June, and when doing a basic tune up within the first week of purchase my buddy noticed it. His first reaction was its coming from a the head gasket. I've been doing some research and ive come up with some various symptoms of a leaky head gasket.
1. milky and bubby oil
2. oil in the coolant line which is visible when looking at the coolant resivoir.
3. exessive coolant loss.
4. oil loss.

The only thing that the car seems to be losing is oil (about a quart a month), not the other 3 on the list. The guy that worked on my car graduated lincon tech with high honors, and has been working as a mechinic for chevy for around 6 months in June at that time, basically WAY more knowledgable than i am. However, without most of these symptoms can i still be suffering from a bad head gasket. What else can it be? if it is a headgasket, is there anyone out there than can point me in the direction for some step by step directions for the replacement of head gaskets on a V6. Also appx how hard is this to do, with some skilled assistance ( i would like to do this as indeptandtly as possible to gain knowledage and experince).
As always thank you guys for your advice, you guys havevt steered me wrong, and i appreciate it very much.

[Joe 1320]

Hmmm....

It is possible that the oil is leaking from the head gasket, but usually that isn't an external leak. Most times the oil ends up in the water or the water ends up in the oil because both are in contact with the gasket. Sometimes the water ends up converting to steam in the combustion chamber, as does the oil but it burns. Both of the latter can be verified by pulling the spark plugs and checking their condition. In my humble opinion, the engine needs to be completely degreased and cleaned first. Then an ultraviolet die is added to the oil and the leak traced with a black light. Then you will know the true source of the leak.