Ok, so on my quest to finish my car, finished everything except for the oil leaks, is there any way to check for oil leaks besides looking what the puddles are under?? I simply cannot pinpoint where this oil is coming from, I am pretty sure its not engine oil, becuase the level hasn't gone down and i have already lost at least a pint judging by the puddle on my garage floor..pretty sure its from the tranny or from the oil pan...

 

sorry this is thread is in the wrong forum...

 

if it was the oil pan, then it is engine oil.

What color is the oil? what part of the undercarriage of the car was directly above the puddle?

It could be engine oil; transfer case oil; diff oil...

 

if it was engine oil there wouldnt be any oil in the engine left....or i would at least be able to see the diff on the dipstick...i think its diff oil....

 

ill take some pics

 

Don't know if you can see from these pics...

 

its coming from up in there, but i can't see the leak at all i can just see oil dripping off of random undercarriage parts

 

Thats A LOT of oil.

 

ya and thats not the first puddle either..., theres one underneath the paper from yesterday, and theres a huge one at the gas station parking lot from yesterday....

 

Don't drive that car until you fix it man..

 

you need to look at the color of the oil first...if it is engine oil then check oil pan, oil filter housing, oil return line and the feel line.....clean everything with break cleaner then start looking for the leaks..

 

I know I am not driving it at all, and thank you erald, will do

 

smell it

diff oil smells nasty

 

it kinda smells bad but its really faint, not that strong

 

question, the plate covering the flywheel/ clutch assembly is missing...you can kinda see that in the 3rd pic, would this cause my terrible oil leak?....or at least one of them...