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I just got back from driving the car for about 45minutes, the leaking appears to come from someplace higher than the cylinder base gaskets, before the base gaskets leaked all the time even when sitting. I dont think they are leaking from there like before, the engine wasn't terribly oily but was still wet, it didn't take much to clean up.

When i drop the engine to adjust the valves next week i will be able to identify where most of the leakage is from.
Dont laugh guys but i picked up some aerosol Permatex external leak stopper. I used this stuff on a big oil leak i had on my BMW about 14 years ago and it worked great!
I may attempt to slow things up by using it. Maybe attach a shop vac to the oil breather hose and suck the stuff into the areas that are suspect.

Actually you guys can laugh all you want, this of course is a band aid so i can enjoy the car for awhile until i have it fixed right.
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