Front seals leaking after changing rear main/oil separator

[MC2]

Is there any possible correlation here?

I didn’t have any leaks coming from the front before, but after I changed my rear main and oil separator plate all my front seals are leaking and the cam support plate is leaking out a lot worse than it was before too..

My only other explanation is that the guy I bought the car from had used some stop leak or similar product... but i dont recall the timing belt cover seals being swollen but they are now...

There’s so much oil leaking out I can’t even tell if any of it is coming from the rear main either.

[Huffer]

Weakest seals will always go before the properly sealed ones. If your rear main WAS leaking, and it's not now - the logical conclusion is that the oil will find the path of least resistance under pressure.

Regardless, looks like you will have to have the front seal done.

[MC2]

I had a word with my mechanic, i asked him what possible causes and he said a bad PCV valve could cause this...

I just replaced the PCV valve with a new one while the car was out of commission for the rear main.. He said it might be a dud. I still have the old one, and it still seems to be working fine (rattling when i shake it). I'm gonna try to put that one back once i get the car back from him. He's trying to diagnose the sound coming from the rear.

In any case, if it is because of a bad PCV valve, now the seals are "breached" are they going to continue to leak even if i put back a working PCV valve?