I drove the car this AM around 30 miles or so. ZERO leaks at the valve cover / cam cover. I got a little nervous over the leak post in this thread, so I loosened the four nuts last night, and re-torqued to 11 ft pds. The motor mounts are shot ... tons of vibration and shaking, rattling, and transferred noise.

The 240D is pretty peppy at this point with the modified intake, EXCEPT I need to finalize the air cleaner situation because that's a mess right now with the dopy cone deal.

Thanks John with the suggestion about the oil. and change schedule. After I pick up the car from the body shop, I plan on a long way home, around 50 miles, mostly highway, highest speed I can get it, et cet., then I plan on pulling the cover again to see how it looks. Because I don't drive it a bunch, I might do the flush in a few weeks and new oil / filter again. I suspect after a handful of oil - filter changes, I will clear out the oil gunk from sitting for years and years.