I have had my 04 Z since march. I have put a little over 3k miles on it(currently has 46k). Recently I have not been driving it as much. The last time I drove it was on sunday. So a little over 4 days ago. Today I decided to take it out for a spin(just a mile or two up the street). When I returned I parked about 20 yards closer to my house so that I could wash it. Once I finish washing I noticed there was a small puddle of what smelled and looked like oil. My question is; did this occur from my car sitting, not letting my car warm up or am I just leaking oil. I did check my oil level and it is high. Car runs fine and it takes synthetic.


Same puddle just different angle, showing the oil

 

maybe the drain bolt came loose from vibration or needs a new crush washer?

 

OP, in your last / oil pan & plug picture - is that a crush washer on the plug? would you say the oil is coming from the drain plug area?

I would remove that during your next oil change - either put a fresh crush washer back on or just use the plug and tighten it down to factory specs (I believe is 22-28ft*lbs of torque) and see what it does.

 

took it to a mechanic who is a friend. He said the washer was not the right size(it was too large). So the dealership I bought it from must have ****d that up. All is good now

 

99 percent of the time the correct answer is the most obvious answer.