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Old 09-07-2010, 10:59 AM   #9
sasha055
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Over the weekend I lifted up the car and took a closer look at where the leak could be coming from.
I still didn't get the source of leak.
It's a very small leak, a couple of drops every time I park.
It's dripping down from the protective undercover (the one that covers front engine mount, fuel filter.. etc).
Spark plugs were OK.
It seems that oil is getting there by running down on one of the tubes rather then dripping directly down.

I cleaned-up up everything so next time I'll get a better look.

I did notice one strange thing though. When I'm parking in reverse I get a cloud of white smoke. I suspected AOS but the smoke is not coming from exhaust, it seems that oil is dripping on something HOT in there and evaporates. Smoke is coming from rear left wheel.

Can AOS brake in a way that is letting oil out on the engine/exhaust? I didn't look at the top of the engine so I'm not sure if there's oil there. BTW AOS passed OIL cap tests.

Any advices what this could be?

Thanks
Sasha
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