I just started seeing small oil marks on my driveway. What is the best way to find where the leak is from. Any suggestions?

 

anyone?

 

Steps
1- Get under your car
2- Wipe down all oil and grease with gereaser or solvent.
3- inspect main oil holding components, oil pan,transmission oil pan ,front and rear engine meet points, differential.
4- If you still cant find the leaks this is another alternative and works. Get baby powder and put all under your car. It will be easier to pin point where its coming from.

NOTE- 99% its the oil pan, oil cooler lines, tranny seals, differential axles.

 

follow the oil uphill, it like other substances flown down hill. try letting car run in a fresh spot. then look

 

Thanks guys! I will try this out as soon as this rain stops

 

my guess is its the oil cooler lines or the oil pan

 

The leaks on my drive way are like a quarter size drops..might be from the oil cooler line.. I'm gonna go under the car soon and I will keep you guys updated. Thanks

 

so glad you asked. I think I have same problem. Reading this gave mr ideas of how to start finding leak. Thanks goys Hey I'm in Oregon too. Can we be friends?

 

of course.. we are all friends here... let me know where you find your leak.. it might be the same issue as mine

 

just have the car on stands before doing it so you can just look under i know when i jack up my car that it doesnt always stay in the same spot

 

Benefits:
1. One will have a very clean engine bay
2. One will find the leak
3. One will hopefully fix the leak

 

Definitely will, thanks.

 

sorry for double post. some mistake I made which made the post appear twice. I'll figure it out. thanks for patience. I'm learning.

 

Mine leaks from everywhere, im not allowed to park in the driveway =[

 

lol i am in your shoes my friend...

 

Put a XL pizza box under it.

Eat the pizza first.

Enjoy!

 

honestly mine was leaking like a bitch from the oil cooler lines but i didnt see it until i was working on something under the car and followed it back to it now i have ss lines and i never have to worry about those lines again

 

The aluminum AN fittings do wear out after repeated R&I where the hose end meets whatever it threads into (AN adapter to metric in our case)and the hose itself has a rubber liner which does deteriorate. The braid does chafe. Not bulletproof but I see your point.

The Goodrich brand of AN fittings is lower quality, cheaper and Made in CHINA! and I had to replace a set last year due to fitting wear. Would not hold a seal 100%. Since the individual fillings are each less than $50.00 they don't have to stamp Made by the Cheapest Method Possible Using Substandard Materials, as Quickly as Possible Without proper Quality Assurance. aka CHINA!

The real deal Earl's last much longer, now I know!

 

i have the corksport lines and i didnt need the an fittings

 

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I am going to try to find it this weekend and if I don't I will come by your shop. Thanks bro

 

Turns out oil pan gasket needed to be replaced. thanks

 

thanks for info. It was oil pan gasket.

 

thanks

 

It turned out that it was oilpan gasket