Oil leak

RAGUPATHI_S

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1999 TOYOTA COROLLA

The car listed above is a CE model with 113,000 miles.

After my last oil change the oil started leaking, there will be two or three drops under engine, the oil looks light brown and I assume that it is engine oil.

The drops will happen within few minutes after I park the car. After few hours the drops are dried out in the ground. I checked the oil level it was above he High point.

I went back to the oil changing station and asked them to fix it. They said they fixed the oil drain gasket. It started pouring more.

Next day they said they fixed the drain gasket and tightened the oil filter and said they fixed what they can, if it is leaking again it may be from oil pan gasket.

it was not leaking for a day and started again now like 2 drops immediately after I park the car. Seems no drops afterwards, because it dries up after few hours.

I am worried; is it a major issue? Can I live with this problem for some more months? How much would be cost for the repair, if I have to do it immediately?

Thanks

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KIN CHAN

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Is it a repair shop who change your oil or some kinda lube oil change service franchise? My 1996' Tacoma had 220,000 and bone dry with no fluid leaks. It sounds like when someone reinstall the drain plug it got cross threaded so it won't seal. We have done tons of this repair after someone stripped the threads. You might want to consider put everything in writing and take it to a real ASE certify mechanic shop to find out what is going on.

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Friday, June 8th, 2007 AT 8:17 PM

RAGUPATHI_S

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Jiffy lube is the shop where I changed oil.

There will two drops one is front of engine I am able to see this drop from top after I open the hood. The other one is little back. This is also little towards the passenger side.

And this leak happens after 5 miles drive and within 5 minutes of parking. I am not seeing afterwards.

What are the obvious places for a leak from running engine?

Is there other fluids runs through the places I describer above?

Thanks. Have a nice day.

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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 AT 1:07 PM

ASEMASTER6371

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Good evening,

I would suspect that either the drain plug itself is bad or they over tightened the oil filter since the oil was not leaking before the service.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-is-leaking-oil

Is there any chance you could post some pictures of the location of the oil leak?

Right now, it is a minor issue but the longer you wait, it could turn into a major issue.

Roy

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Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 AT 5:09 PM