Oil leak?

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HoosierJeeper

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Looks like there's an oil leak. Where is this coming from?
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My guess is the front main seal. Seems to be a decent amount of oil from up front that's blowing back along the side. Could also be a valve cover gasket...

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Oil don't run uphill. Find the fore most, highest dampness and you'll have found your leak.

Kinda like my overweight girlfriend when ya rolled her in flour.:emotions34:

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It seems to have oil on both sides of the oil pan but a bit heavier on the passenger side. How hard is the front main seal?

Just checked the valve cover gaskets...I don't see anything leaks from them.
 
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Any oil hitting the ground? I've been looking at the old 2002 and there's lots of oil on the lower front of the motor but nothing has ever hit the ground. Seems to be lots of threads on this subject but I don't understand how an oil leak doesn't screw up a nice new cement driveway. Even if it only leaks while driving you'd think some oil would drip when first parked.
 

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Not yet... but there was a small drip forming on the oil pan. I'm not sure if mine would ever hit ground unless it was a flood of oil because of the skid plates.
 
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