and as I took the intake tube off found the following....

previous times I cleaned my throttle body I never seen oil in my throttle body or the intake tube...



Looks like BP had another spill...

 

Forgot to mention the PCV valve was replaced 6 months ago.

 

Did my spark plugs, cleaned intake filter, Idle Control valve and the throttle body. Kinda makes me worry there was oil there but o well I guess.

 

Hmmm that's odd. If there's oil beforethe throttle body that means your valve cover breather had allowed oil to pass through.

This could be related to your old PVC. What made you decide to change it? It was a good choice none the less.

 

it's normal. i see it on customer's vehicles all the time.

in your #2 picture notice the tube just to the 9 o'clock position. thats connected to the valve cover and some oil "mist" gets drawn into the intake hose through it. if you idle a lot, the oil mist accumulates and all of it doesn't get drawn into the intake manifold because the throttle plate is closed.

 

I do idle a lot but will change PVC tommo to a new one again just in case. When I took it out seemed fine.

I would love to do compression and leak down but dot trust any shop or dealer and not sure how to do it never mind having really no where to do t since I'm in Cambridge.

Thanks for replys I'll look in to all the things suggested