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Originally Posted by exE36M3
Um... I didn't say "blown" 
And actually not all true. Head gasket failures can involve a number of things and the car can still be running.
For example, my E36 M3... the head gasket toward the back of the motor went and let out coolant. Car ran fine, never over heated. No oil lost or mixed. But obviously the coolant level went down.
Where this one is on the BRZ, looks like an oil passage one.
When you think of typical head gasket failures - it's the catastrophic cylinder ones - where oil or coolant or both end up in the combustion chamber.
Did you see the photos? The paper towel oil marks line right up with the head gasket on top of the heads. This leads to me to believe that under pressure, oil is escaping from the top. |
Well, I guess I interpret a head gasket leak to be similar to a blown head gasket.
The FA20's PCV valve coming out of the block is right near the location of your oil seepage. Perhaps this is causing this issue? Your PCV hose doesn't look to be fully seated.