Oil leaks

[Gilles]

78F350 provided very sound advise indeed..

What I would do in this case, is to buy two cans of (heavy duty) engine degreaser, apply it all over the engine and then "gently rinse" with "Very Low Pressure water" and thereafter use Simply green to remove the oily residue left by the engine degreaser, then again rinse with Low Pressure water..

Sorry to repeat but the Low Pressure water is the key to rinse your engine without getting water into any of the electric connectors, I have don this procedure for many years on all my cars and never had an issue..

After you drive the car it will be very obvious where the oil leaks come from, good luck!
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[DShen]

Okay so I started the car for about 2 mins to warm up the oil. Got under and saw the leak in the photo attached. I then changed the spark plug tubes (they were definitely also leaking) and plugs, and did an oil change. Very very tiny bits of metal on the magnetic drain plug. I checked the oil filter and it was super clean, just oil. So that rules out IMS leak?

My guess is RMS leak. As stated the last time the rms/ims/clutch was changed was 40k miles/9 years ago.

I'll inspect the engine from the top to see if there are leaks from up there. What do you guys think? RMS for sure?

[Gilles]

Dshen, unfortunately, the only way to determine your oil leak source will be after you thoroughly clean you engine (top and bottom), as many of the leaks start on the upper side of the engine..