Hello everyone,

I have been noticing for a while small oil spots whenever i parked in my garage and at work.I never payed much attention to it thinking it was just very minor. I change my oil yesterday and notice that I only had about 2 quarts of oil in my motor! I took some pictures here to try and see if you guys could help me determine the location of the possible leak and what I could do it fix. I took as many pics as I could. After this post I am going to go back under and clean up all the dirty deposits and see if I can get some even clearer pictures later to determine. Pics are below.

***Updated with Video***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsSm7b_dBFA

 

It's really hard to tell when everywhere is oily.

If I were you, I would jack up the car, clean ALL the oils with rag, and start the car. That way you can clearly see where the leak comes from.

 

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I just recorded some video and from it you can actually see the oil leaking. Any idea where that oil is coming from. I am going to the garage to clean the oil up now so we can see more clearly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsSm7b_dBFA

 

It seems probable that the leak comes from oil filter assembly. Although I have seen oil leak from valve cover gasket and oil pan, this is new to me as well. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can chime on this.

 

Oil galley plug? I had the same issue when I had my engine rebuilt they crushed the washer and created a leak that eventually a big issue.

 

Replace o-ring #4 between the oil cooler and oil pan upper.



Also appears that the pan is jacked up. You can see where someone attempted to seal a bolt with RTV. I believe the pan has no gasket.