2016 Tacoma oil leak?

DIY. 3500 will cover many days of rental car.

 

I have a 2016. 131,000. Same leak. Oil showed up on around the power steering pump and strangely dripping off the frame on the drivers side. Since my extended warranty has only expired 6,000 miles ago Toyota agreed to fix it with me paying only $500. Otherwise would have been close to $4000. It was in dealership for a week. They didn’t pull the engine. But they pulled everything out of the front to get timing cover off. Looks they resealed timing cover, oil pan, and valve covers. What saddens me is I fear it is still leaking. I dried the entire frame. But it’s wet again back there under drivers door. I looked up. All that’s up above is master cylinder and brake lines, that all look fine. And I’m not losing brake fluid. Oil level for now appears to be holding. So I will be monitoring and just hoping it’s residual oil that got blown back. Service tech said when the timing cover leaks fan carries the oil back everywhere. Headed off on a long trip with camper. Praying I don’t end up doing a turnaround, or worse get stuck in middle of nowhere. Have a couple quarts with me. I’m monitoring brake, power steering, and engine oil. Naturally o can’t monitor transmission oil since they took away the dipstick! But oil on the frame is brown and trans oil I’m assuming is still red like it always used to be? So hopefully it’s not trans oil. I see no evidence anywhere of transmission oil on the bell housing or trans case. And no idiot lights on. So hopefully trans is fine.

Very very upsetting. This truck till now best Tacoma I’ve ever owned, of the 7 I’ve owned. And of this leak is solved and holds I’ll still stand by Toyota. Toyota trucks all I’ve ever driven. Always been awesome for hundreds of thousands of miles. This one been through a lot. Transmission shifting issues. Engine surging from steering. And of course the frame recall to spray lots of sticky stuff everywhere. And of course the heat / a/c fan failed while coming across Georgia in summer in 2017. But through all of this still the best. But now I’m really really worried.

 

It's probably just old oil still weaping out of the nooks and crannies

 

Don't do it! Let it seep. I got it repaired under powertrain warranty at 46K. Now at 65K the whole front of my motor is an oily nightmare. Total failure of the "repair." Live with the seep.

 

It didn't solve your issue? Seems most the other forums once the seals were replaced, it solved their issues.

 

In California now they want you to pay 5100 with parts and labor for such a small issue, your better off running your motor to the ground and replace it later.. wtf is a 5k repair job going to do? Nothing but have it bust again. You've seen it over and over again on tw

 

Same problem with my 2016 Tacoma. Very expensive fix and very labor intensive. Unless you are an excellent mechanic, let the dealership tackle it, eventhough they can be hit or miss.