AZ73
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I haven't seen one in a while but I believe that's a heat shield to keep hot oil from the galley from hitting the bottom of your intake manifold at the base of the carb. Since it's not a perfect seal to the manifold,the slot is to let any oil that might get in there to drain back out. The oil on top might be oil coming through the EGR plate or you might have a crack in your intake under it and that goes through the left side there which soaked your gasket and the vacuum is sucking up oil through the side of the gasket along with blowby. The crack would be under all that oil so clean it off and post a pic, and I'd like to see a picture of the gasket too. Also, does the right side have as much buildup in the tunnel as the left side? It looks awfully black.
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