oil leak just started (pics) help

Red Head

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Im in the process of cleaning out my ps system....i prob drove for like 10 mins. got home jacked car up and noticed oil on the floor.....i never saw any dripping oil but theres alot for the three or so mins that its been parked.......any idea wheres it coming from??? and how to fix it.......
the car has never had a leak before.....

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can be the valve cover... slowly seeping away... my valve cover leaks and it is almost in the same locations as yours... its either that or my TRANSMISion from the front seal... it has DIFF. LUBE in it so i cant tell the difference between motor oil and the diff. lube... just have to wait to switch to ATF.
 
You could pull out that little rubber cover and feel around inside for oil. If there is a bunch in there, then I would say it is the rear main seal. If not, then it's probably dripping / splashing on that location from somewhere else.
 
take a peice of white paper and put a dab of the fluid that is leaking on it,do the same with the power steering and engine oil.this might help tell wich one it is.
 
I would say valve covers. In most cases that I've seen, when its the rear main seal, the oil comes out like a faucet.
 
i know its the motor oil.....im starting to believe thats its the rear main seal.......mainly because it come out mainly when im on a hill.....i was told that thats a sure way of knwing where its coming from...
 
Heres my suggestion:

Go to the parts store and get a bottle of dye for the oil. Clean the whole area that is covered with oil and let it dry. Put the dye in the engine and do what is stated on the back of bottle. Its best to try and wait till night time that way you have a better chance of seeing the dye under a black light. Once you have driven it long enough get back under it with that black light and see where it goes to. The only two places that I can think it would come from is the rear main seal or the valve covers. Good luck.
 
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