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Possible oil leak

Discussion in '4 Cylinder' started by km87, Feb 7, 2021.

  1. Feb 7, 2021 at 7:46 PM
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    km87

    km87 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Howdy ya’ll,

    It was too dark to take some quality pictures. I recently got a used engine replacement. I was under my ole’ taco and saw a fair amount of oil on the passenger side. I saw my lower control arm coated in a lot of oil. I check my oil filter and it was dirty, but not oilly. I looked through my wheel well and saw a whole bunch shiny oil by the alternator.

    what would y’alls guess be?
     
  2. Feb 8, 2021 at 5:18 AM
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    km87

    km87 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Since I’ve got it back from the dealer, I’ve put roughly only 1,100 miles on it and the amount of oil is quite a bit. I was told this was 60,000 mile used engine and it runs and feels great.

    Lucky me I have a 90 day warranty on this bad boi so I’m not overly concerned, but annoyed cause I was going to go play in the desert this weekend.
     
  3. Feb 13, 2021 at 3:30 PM
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    km87

    km87 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Turns out it was my power steering. I thought it would have been the driver’s side and not the passenger side
     

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