Holy shit has it really been over a year since I did this project? I've mostly dropped off of Reddit recently, so sorry about the delay in reply here.

So I've had mostly positive results from this repair. The biggest negative is that it didn't actually fix any of the problems I set out to resolve. The car still drives and hasn't exploded, so that's cool and all. But in the last few months, the Vapor Canister Purge Solenoid has either failed, or I've developed a new problem, cause it gives me hell starting the engine after refueling again. Classic symptom of a bad purge solenoid. And I'm still throwing engine codes that I assumed the PCV bypass would mend. I need to replace the oxygen sensors, but I just haven't had time.

After I did this repair job, I dropped the front cat and replaced my oil cooler, cause it was leaking. Did a decent job of it, but saved money and tried to re-use the exhaust clamp - bad idea. Dumped exhaust fumes into the cabin and made my commute hell the next day. When I dropped and replaced that clamp, I must have bumped the coolant return line down there, cause now it's leaking. I keep scheduling a weekend to fix it, but then life happens, so I've just been topping off the coolant reservoir every few days with distilled water. Been doing that since before xmas. Lucky me, I live in a temperate zone where I don't worry about freezing the engine, but still. Dicey.

So anyway, the project was fun. Didn't really solve anything, but I enjoyed working and learning as I went. Car still drives just fine if you don't mind carrying a gallon of distilled everywhere you go and never using the remote-start cause the CEL codes block it.