long time no post xsmooth,,get a new clutch cover gasket and try like you said to clean the groove the pan rubber gasket sits in and run that rubber gasket through some rag checking it for tears or nicks,,ive never replaced a pan gasket,i must just be lucky though,tighten those pans bolts in an even criss cross fashion snug bit by bit,,then just a little more they dont need to be winched up like wheel nuts!your pan might not even be leaking,the other leak might be trickling down onto that area?
