What could leak from Left Rear wheel?

[sasha055]

That would be my first guess.. but it was sunny last couple of days in Seattle..
Can it be condensation? or water that didn't drain before?

Thanks Manolo.. hearing that it could be nothing wrong is always good!

Sasha

[sasha055]

It's oil that's leaking from there. Apparently Castrol Syntec doesn't smell.

It seems that it's dripping from inside on the support metal plate in fron of rear left wheel.
I'll lift the car this weekend to see where it's coming from.. any idees what should I look for?

Thanks
Sasha

[jcb986]

Check for a spark plug tube leaking.

[manolo]

Maybe check valve cover also. Some boxster owners have experienced this.

[j.fro]

Power steering is on the left side, but I'm with the others on checking the spark plug tubes/ valve covers first.

[sasha055]

Thanks for all the responses.
How do I check valve covers? where are they located and how they look?

Is there a DIY with pictures somewhere?

Thanks
Sasha

[sasha055]

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