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Old 04-01-2006, 10:27 AM   #1
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Do I have an RMS leak? - pics attached

So when I had my 01 2.7L on the hoist for a brake job and oil change recently, the mechanic mentioned that I had an oil leak. Thinking it might be the dreaded RMS leak, I took a couple of pics so that I could ask the opinion of others here.

The interesting thing is that I had not noticed any leaks on the garage floor last year and when I stored it in a shed for 3 months for the winter and pulled it out, there were no oil spots on the floor in the shed. So any leak would have developed this month. I see a few spots of oil now on the garage floor.

Anyhow, here are the pics. There are 2 pics, one is a rather clean spot near the oil filter. It's clean now because the mechanic wiped it before I took the picture. Before he cleaned it, it was wet with oil.

The other pic is to the right of the 1st spot a bit and has not been cleaned and you can see a darker spot where there is a drip of oil about to drop.

Let me know what you think.

Editted to say: the pics are from the bottom of the car; the bottom of the pic is toward the front of the car (that is, I was facing the front of the car when I took the pictures). The pic entitled "Other-Place" is a bit to the right of the oil pan. Sorry I should have taken a farther wider angle to give you guys perspective.

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Old 04-01-2006, 10:32 AM   #2
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Also how do you post pictures in-line with the post rather than as attachments. Does this require having an account somewhere that hosts the pictures?
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Old 04-01-2006, 02:10 PM   #3
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Also how do you post pictures in-line with the post rather than as attachments. Does this require having an account somewhere that hosts the pictures?
Yes, you need a hosting account (or a site that hosts pictures http://www.putfile.com/ ) to have your pictures display not as attachments (unless the pictures are small, then they'll show up even as attachments).

As for your pictures, that is an RMS failure without a doubt.











































































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Old 04-01-2006, 02:52 PM   #4
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Old 04-01-2006, 03:14 PM   #5
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Hi,

Nope...

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Old 04-02-2006, 07:12 AM   #6
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Hahah Jeph, nice. I know thats not RMS failure but you had me for a second when I looked at the pics and saw your post hahahah. Nice.
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