#128226, "RE: Mystery oil leak and bad idling " In response to In response to 2
Wow.
You said that you got the PCV hooked back up to the correct location, and hooked up the air intake to the port on the valve cover. When the engine is running are there puffs of air coming from the dipstick? If so, could be excessive blow-by.
I had a similar situation on my old Talon, but the valve cover gasket somehow blew out in the back (no idea why!) and I was dumping oil very fast. Is that clean and sealed?
I hate being this person, but there is that UV dye that can be used for pin pointing the leak origin. I've seen it before, pretty neat stuff.