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Old 03-27-2013, 02:18 PM   #1
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Considering the oil is pooling on top of the cylinder head/engine block seam and next to the oil cooler. I would check the oil cooler seals first.
If it were P/S fluid, it would be a "greenish" color, P/S fluid is Pentosin CHF11S. Check the level in the P/S reservoir, if it's not very low, then it's probably not the P/S considering looking at the amount of fluid in your pictures that the car is leaking.
If the oil color is dark brown, it's more than likely engine oil.
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Old 03-27-2013, 02:49 PM   #2
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Not to scare the crap out of you, but power steering fluid is pretty flammable...
The PS reservoir has an o-ring that can fail, might look into that.
The oil cooler could also be the culprit, and that's also a couple of o-rings.
Good news is, either way the parts are not to expensive, and the fix is reasonably easy.
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Old 03-27-2013, 05:13 PM   #3
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Have you checked the fluid levels? What fluid is going down? Seems to be quite a bit.
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