slow oil leak
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Asked by GuruXTMLX Oct 14, 2018 at 12:35 PM about the 2005 Dodge Caravan SE FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

after changeing the oil and filter i drove maybe 25 miles and parked the car, came back and there were oil spot on the front right side under the car, oil filter and oil pan bolt are tight.

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KenF answered 6 years ago

Try removing the oil filter and make sure gasket surface is clean, sometimes gasket form previous filter sticks to engine and a new filter & gasket get put on over it, causing a leak.

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GuruXTMLX answered 6 years ago

thank you for the tip, i´ll do this first thing in the morning. it´s mid-nite here in germany.

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