Doh. PCV, oil burn, shifting hard, cruise control

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Totally caked up PCV. Had been burning oil. Now doesn't.

 

I seemed to notice the cruise control working better (more precise and responsive, old style dash button with stem controls 1999 Forester), and that it is not shifting as hard 2-3.

 

Does the 4EAT have a "vacuum modulator" that might account for that?

 

The cruise thing is more obvious. high speed + low vacuum minus additional loss through PCV = poor response.

 

On the bright side, I burned about 5 (additional) quarts of high quality oil through the engine since March, so now those new valve seats are nice and hardened Maybe.