I wasn't thinking you were dumb, I am trying to understand. Each day I learn something new in my life. Sometimes it's about the car, others its' about relationships etc etc. Always learning though...I ask a lot of questions.
I know that oil can seep up the bolts into the intake runners, I've seen VC's fail bad enough to put some oil up there as well, although it's usually more out the bottom of the cover than the top and I've seen them fail in teh typical soak the exhaust manifold and run down the motor. Usually though, the only place oil is even touching the LIM gaskets to my knowledge is the end seals and if it were wicking up a bolt. This is why we typically worry about coolant burning when we see LIM gaskets go bad.
Like I said though..not trying to call anyone out, just learn.
