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My cam plate was leaking on my 2014 scion fr-s and finally got it to stop. I wanted to share my experience so it may help others.
I first tried to seal the stock plate. I used permatex red, it leaked. then I tried a cork gasket and permatex red, it leaked. then I bought the torque solutions plate. It still leaked. I am thinking it's the seams on the top and bottom that are leaking, So I tried adding prematex red to the seams. It still leaked. then I tried the same with permatex gray. still leaked. then I tried sealing the entire torque solutions plate with red, leaked then gray and it still leaked. by this time my O-ring on the torque solutions plate was ruined so I contacted torque solutions and the sent me a new o-ring free of change. while I was waiting for the o-ring to arrive I started thinking that the synthetic oil was degrading the sealant and that was the problem. I bought some permatex black and thought I will try the stock plate again. I used brake cleaner to thoroughly clean both surfaces. I used the tube to create a bead of silicone on the mounting surface on the car and then managed to get all three bolts started without touching the sealant. I then lightly tightened the bolts with my fingers. I let it sit for a while and then decided I wanted to check how much sealant was actually on the surfaces so removed the plate. the amount seemed about right so I smeared the silicone evenly on both the mounting surface and the plate and re-installed the plate lightly tightening the plate with my fingers. I let it sit like that for 24 hours and then torqued it lightly the next day. To my pleasant surprise that did it. It has been about a month now and zero leaks.
the bottom line for me was, clean surfaces, permatex black, and do not squish all of the sealant out when you tighten the plate.
I received my new o-ring from torque solutions but now I don't need it.