Thanks for the close up picture. That’s exactly how mine looks except more oil. That hole is just plain weird! Haha.

Looks like there’s a little oil in there but if you have crankcase pressure it’s probably coming through the PCV hose.

Cookeh wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 16:47
To throw a spanner in the works, my 96 850 T5 has that hole.

Is something connected to the hole or is it left empty? It looks like they made the change somewhere in '93 or '94.

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In addition to the valve seal leak at "the hole" and some seepage elsewhere, I'm concerned about a bad head gasket. I'm playing the "is it worth it game." This is a separate issue I've been experiencing but I've been loosing coolant through my reservoir cap. I've also gone throug...

If it is truly leaking from there, you have correctly surmised that the reason would be the cam cover seal is breached somewhere around the circumference of the hole. It's unusual for that spot to leak, more commonly the oil comes from somewhere else (e.g. oil cap, hose to the top from PCV) and loo...

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