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[Jcgonzal]

If oil is going forwards I would definitely look at the oil cooler.

I’ll be checking the oil cooler as well. And when I mentioned fender liner I meant just the back of it, so it’s not really going forward.

[GeoffR]

I’ll be checking the oil cooler as well. And when I mentioned fender liner I meant just the back of it, so it’s not really going forward.

That is still a long way forward of the timing cover. I assume the cross member is covered with oil too?

[Jcgonzal]

So as I have researched these leaks online, I came upon a test for crankcase pressure; putting a rubber glove over the oil filler neck. I was a bit surprised to find this:

https://youtu.be/re0UeI7A2oc

So is this little valve the cause of all of this? This was replaced when I first bought the car, but it’s certainly possible it was bad out of the box. I thought the valve was supposed to be directly between the crankcase and throttle body, but I swear the valve in this picture goes between the throttle body and oil trap...