New crate motor woes

Guitar Jones said

Just thinking, you could possibly have an intake leaking under the valley. What type of intake do you have? The factory Magnum barrell intake is notorius for leaking where the plenum pan is bolted to the bottom of the intake causing excessive oil consumption. You could also be sucking oil through a pcv valve in an unbaffled rocker cover.

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I have one Edelbrock breather cap on the left valve cover and a PVC valve on the Right side valve cover and I have found a little oil film around the PVC side valve cover but it didn’t seem to be enough to be concerned about. I have the M1 intake that came with the 320 Hp motor. I sent Rich an email to schedule the leak down test for June 15, the best news I could get is it was a simple intake gasket issue (at 60 years old - removing the engine takes a toll on me). I choose a crate motor because I wanted to drive the car not work on it indefinitely. I thought I was ready to get it block sanded and painted over the winter.