Well the last few days have been interesting to say the least. Engine now idles very rough(No Cel) but seems to drive just fine when under load. Maybe it has slightly less power but I would say it is not as smooth as before.
I started digging around on the internet and learned about those ittshay filters in the banjo bolts for the AVCS.
I went to pull out the passenger side filter and this is what I found.
Thankfully the other half fell out of the vehicle while I was pulling it out but some of the screen could have made its way through the engine. I managed to take both of the filters out and the engine still has a rough idle (1 cylinder seems to be misfiring). I changed spark plugs 1,000 km ago and everything has been working perfectly prior to a previous days ago.
I am also working on finding my transmission noise (hoping it is bearings) and here is what I found when I drained the fluid.
Once I cleaned some of the shavings I found these large chunks.....
More findings to follow.