Went to fix a coolant leak today, found a few issues

[Eclipse 1998]

So I was working on the car today to tighten up the turbo water in and out bc i had a coolant leak, I took my air filter off and noticed a small hole in it. Pictures below, is this a problem? Also i emptied out my oil catch can and it didn't look like oil in the cup, also its smelled very potent of fuel, any thoughts?

 

[PlanZero]

Depending how big the hole is I would just zip tie it closed. My local Walmart sells k&n filters, and I noticed when I opened one of the boxes on the shelf someone had returned a used filter
Im not sure why your catch can would smell like fuel, but anytime a catch can fills up half of the contents is condensation from the can itself, so it always looks funky.
I went from using a cheap in line fuel filter to a catch can and the can filled up much quicker and looked like bile. I didn't like it so I went back to using an inline filter, this time a fancy glass one with replaceable filters from Mr gasket. Since I went back to that I only get a few drops of oil.

 

[chrysler kid]

The valve cover breather pushes out alot of vapor which can smell and look like gasoline.

 

[Galipso]

was your air filter sitting on something or resting against something in that spot? id look for the root cause.

 

[Eclipse 1998]

Galipso, the filter was sitting on my AEM Boost Control Solenoid, somehow it burned a hole into the filter.

 

[chrysler kid]

It just rubbed a hole in it, I'm not a big fan of the high flow filters just because they are easily perforated and do tend to get holes in them over time

Might just want to put something on the aem piece so it sits gently on it, like soft side of velcro or something

 

[Eclipse 1998]

Are there any good aluminum shields out there for a filter?