I'm trying to figure out what could have caused this oil buildup on the drivers side of the engine. It clearly went unaddressed for quite some time and maybe never was addressed.
I've owned the car for over a year and in that time I have driven it 40 miles and that was just to pick it up where it came to rest in my garage ever since. So I know nothing of it's past history or tendencies. Priorities obligated me to neglect my progress on the vehicle which has since picked back up and while removing the intake box ducting I started to realize just how much residue they're actually was in there.
On the back side of the block above the freeze plug is like the line of demarcation where it just becomes clean. In that same area there's a plug towards the top that looks like it may have been replaced.
I'm open to suggestions. I plan on giving it a deep clean and getting all that off so anything that is still ongoing I should be able to track and pinpoint. But I'm just astonished at the severity of it.