Inside of hood has much more gunk on right than left

I noticed that, when I lift my hood, the right (driver's side) has a lot more black gunk collected than the left, which has almost none.

Is this an indicator of something irregular or is the engine just designed so that it collects more gunk on that side?

 

Not sure, I will take picture and post it when I get home. Thanks

 

Actually the driver side is the "left", but go on.....

 

I meant when you are facing the hood

 

left and right are always "as u sit in the vehicle" IIRC

 

OK, great. thanks for the correction. now, let's go back to the relevant aspects of the subject at hand, please.

 

top off any fluids lately or go thru any mud?

 

the gunk is not mud/dirt-like. it is black, engine settled gunk. all the fluids are decently full.

 

interesting for sure

 

Maybe just where the belt throws shit on the hood.

 

makes perfect sense

 

you are correct, auto industry standard

 

but black gunk? maybe something leaking onto belt and getting thrown up. definitely want to look a little closer at that

 

thats why I didnt say much more..........gunk doesnt sound good

 

I had a slow leak from my power steering pump shaft seal. it was leaking out onto the pulley and flinging it up onto the hood. it was a very slow seep but it looked like what you are describing on the hood. take a look at your power steering pulley and see if it has the same "black gunk" that is on the hood. if it does, you need to replace or rebuild your PS pump.

Edit: Just realized 2nd Gen.
Though according to the diagram above, it could be your PS pump as well.