I was changing my valve cover gasket today and I noticed that as I lean over the engine and my arm pressed against the coolant hoses. When that happens coolant comes out of one of the holes for the bolts that hold on the valve cover gasket. Is that normal or is something wrong with my block?

 

Sure it is not a head bolt?
One of them up front needs thread sealant put on it for this very reason from what I understand.

 

That's a valve cover bolt hole in the picture and no it should definitely not be leaking coolant.

 

Thats what I figured. Do you think I have a crack in the block?

 

I did a bit of googling, and you're not the first to have this problem. Looks like it's possible to punch through the bottom of the bolt hole into the water jacket by using the wrong length screw or having a ton of crap in the bottom. A lot of them just put thread sealer on the valve cover screw and called it a day.