Chrysler Repair: 98 2.0L Engine Oil Leak, cylinder head gasket, engine oil leak

Question
Hello!  I just purchased a 98 plymouth breeze that has a really bad oil leak. The guy I purchased the car from told me about the oil leak and I had my dad and grandfather go look at the car before I gave the guy any money and they told me that it would be an easy fix.  The car runs perfectly, nothing is burning, and it drives smoothly. It goes through about 4quarts of oil a day.  That is how bad it is leaking.  The oil is leaking from the right side and it is a 2.0 cylinder. I've had 2 different mechanics take a look at it and neither one could figure out exactly where the leak was coming from.  They both named to different areas that could possibly be causing the leak. One area was something about the gasket around the timing belt chain and/or the oil pump.  At this point I'm lost and I don't have money to keep giving people to look at the car and not fixing the problem.  Can you please help me or refer me to a mechanic that go fix it.  Thank You

Answer
Hi LaKisha,
Probably the best way to find it is to clean off all the oil that you can from the exterior of the engine. Then put some dye in with the oil (I believe this is available at a professional auto parts store), then start the engine and watch for where the dyed oil first appears.
Three other owners have told me about these locations of leaks on their engines: the cam sensor on the rear of the cylinder head (which would be a cam shaft oil seal leaking),
              the oil pressure sendor near the oil filter, and finally the cylinder head gasket (the driver'
               side) so that is leaks on the transmission.
I would be looking at the head gasket or a cam shaft seal as the possible sources, perhaps in the area toward the front of the engine rather than the rear (as was suggested by the third person). He stated that the head gasket has been re-designed because of its propensity to leak oil. And the seal between the steel block and the aluminum head is tricky to do well. That is probably why the gasket was re-designed.  
So the 'wipe off/dye in oil' approach will probably be the best way to find the leak on your specific engine with a focus toward the head gasket which is located in the seam between the engine block and the cylinder head and covers the entire surface of that interface so such a leak could occur almost anywhere around the circumference of the engine. Your gasket could be leaking at the front around the timing belt cover instead of toward the rear. The oil is under high pressure at that interface and there are several vertical oil passageways between the block and cylinder head and so a leak in the head gasket could result in oil coming out near any one of those passages. Removing the cylinder head and putting in a new-design head gasket would be the solution if this is the case.
I would be very interested to know how this gets resolved so I can share your experience with others. Also tell me if this is the SOHC or DOHC engine.
Roland