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Cold Weather Issues?

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Bad Kitty with oil on garage floor under radiator area and a separate pool under pan area. Oil full according to dipstick. Did not drip on driveway during idle. Clean and dry under hood with no smells or smoke.

Did a couple of moderate pulls last night as it was a nice night for driving, although really cold with Wind.

Taking it in next week, but I wanted to post here to see if any experience with this sort of thing is out there. just turned 15K miles on it.
 


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Bad Kitty with oil on garage floor under radiator area and a separate pool under pan area. Oil full according to dipstick. Did not drip on driveway during idle. Clean and dry under hood with no smells or smoke.

Did a couple of moderate pulls last night as it was a nice night for driving, although really cold with Wind.

Taking it in next week, but I wanted to post here to see if any experience with this sort of thing is out there. just turned 15K miles on it.
I would certainly take a look before driving it. Just to make sure.
 


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Did a couple of moderate pulls last night as it was a nice night for driving, although really cold with Wind.
Was the oil up to temp before you stepped on it?
 


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Oil pan gasket leak or maybe ur oil filter is leaking..... Especially if u had ur oil changed recently due to improper instal. Check the drain plug as well cause those get improperly installed as well when ppl hurry to get the car in and out.

OR there could be too much oil and its over filled. ALL of those are possibilities especially if u didnt change ur own oil.
 


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Too much oil wouldn’t cause it. Check above the front right splash pan area below the oil cooler drain plug to see if it’s wet. Otherwise, if not the oil filter, it could be a valve cover gasket or something up top. It would help to have it on a lift
 


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It’s the oil cooler lines, oil filter, oil dipstick, oil drain plug, oil pan, or rear main seal
 




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