oily?

[dannydavi]

yeah i had the same thing not to long ago, replacing the valve cover gaskets was cheap and easy. i also ended up replacing the seals on the cylinder head cover bolts cause they were gone. and that black thing you took off is probably no longer needed, if you read that sticky you will find everything you need to know, I Hate hacks was helping me in there and i got it done no problem. i ended up getting oil drain plug gaskets to replace that long black thing and it's been working ever since. The hardest thing was finding the 14mm allen wrench lol but napa had it. and i thought i'd keep the long black thing on there with the drain plug gaskets just to keep things outta there but i took it off again and found it didnt quite seal correctly so got rid of it all together. good luck.