oil leak need help have pic/ dont know where/?

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angryfx

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Location
ny
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q5
i just seen pool of oil by the passenger side behind the wheels and you can see that
the wheel wells are kinda soaked with oil too. but by the engine bay its clean but i see
the oil dripping alil bit....

i checked all the fluid tranny, power steering and brake fluid engine oil. but none of em are
low on oil.

I am very worried what could this bee havent done anything to the car lately except tire change
about 2 weeks ago

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My car was parked for a good 7 hrs orso

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Soaked wheel well

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This is the color of the oil

When i smelled it compared to the tranny oil
It smelled like fried oil
Tranny oil have the mechanical smell
But this smells like fried food oil hmmm
Help pls
 
busted strut?

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or power steering
 
Power steering oil is still good level and strut maybe but do they leak like this?
Do you know what lines are behind tha or around the back of the passenger side wheel well?

Very worried

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My struts are only about 15k miles old and would be a relief if it just the struts
 
you have a 45, i have a 35 hopefully those lines will be the same. Ill check my fx in a lil bit and get back to you.

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so its only on that side? not all over the engine bottom cover?
 
Nope as shown on pic not all over

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Just by the wheel wells but the weird part is that if i was dribing the wind wouldve. Blown it backwards but it soaked up the wheel wells and

Also engine bay is spotless clean
 
And i dont think i drove past a pool of oil either hmmmm the drive was fine damn

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So it maybe the tranny oil?
But i check the oil and it was fine and the scent of it was diffenrent frim the tranny oil it smelled like disgusting fried oil
 
Check your master cylinder [FONT=&quot]reservoir[/FONT], kinda looks like brake fluid. By the smell it also sounds like that.
 
Master cylinder brake fluid is ok
And just went out and checked all fluid and its all ok

Indeed i did a scent test poked my finger in every oil reservoir and tried to match the smell and no match !!!!!!!! It all smells different . Maybe i should do a taste test ? Damn

I cjecked the wheel and around the brakes and no signs of oil at all

Been parked for about 2 hrs since the discovery of the leak. Parked in a different spot and i really dont see anything drippping anymore

I checked out the rear wheel hub and the rear wheel well also has some oil residue.... Maybe i did run over a pool of oil and it just settled on the floor when i parked but not relieved yet !!!!

Will keep a close eye at it

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So we have engine oil, transmission oil, power steering, and brake fluid anything else im missing besides the shock strut?
 
Perhaps you drove in something somewhere...

I would clean it off, go for a drive, remove the drip pans underneath and lay a piece of plywood under the front and let it sit and see where drippy mess is coming from.
 
Oil catch was spotless blinker oil i gotta check that!!!! So stupid i forgot ^^ lol

Seems like i may have driven past some restaurant well thx guys !!!!! Best place !!!!!

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As i was checking the oil leak i seen how close my tires were to the front fenders. Not the top part but righ behind the bumper area.

when i turn the wheels its only about 1 finger apart....

If i were turning while driving over a bumpy surface would it hit the fender?
I am lowered on hnr s its fully settled in

I dont see any visible marks or signs but boy its so close

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And also 25 mm spacer
 
Where does the trail start? On the very top of the wheel well? Are you sure is some oil/fluid and not water? Maybe it is water that collected in some crevices under the battery compartment.
 
Won't hit the fender. Mine is closer than that and it has never hit that part. The suspension travel dkesnt move that way. Also, you're wheel is almost never turned that far while actually driving, just slow speed parking.

And years back, I hit a bag in the road. Thought nothing of it and kept going. Couple of miles later, my car is billowing smoke and I smell burned oil. Thought the bag had shattered my oil pan. Turns out, it was someone's old motor oil in a jug. It exploded under my car and coated the exhaust. Sounds like you did something similar near a restaurant grease disposal.
 
Ok the oil leak was a false alarm

No leak mustve been fry oil from a restaurant and i mustve driven over it

But it surely scared the shit outta me ^^

Thx guys
 
I drove through some sort of epoxy/glue that coated my front driver side splash guard and wheel well. It was and still is stuck everywhere. I have been slowly getting it to come off using a steam gun. I replaced the slash guard.
 
I was assuming you had a secret mod you were about to reveal...

[video=youtube;EYzJFQ6UXiA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYzJFQ6UXiA[/video]
 
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