So my motor suffers from the dreaded leaking vc gaskets.
I started taking them off tonight and found that i have oil residue pretty much everywhere, down the heads, valley of the motor, intake manifold around the injector bosses...
its even stained the valvecovers

So looks like im going to go on ahead and pull the intake manifold off, so i can clean everything properly, as well as install my egr and air injection blockoff kit once i get in from tvt.

Might also give me some time to look into options for replacing the hideous stock fuel rails with billet pieces.

I'll update with pictures on the process as i go.