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Hello everyone and thank you in advance for the help and opinions. Tomorrow morning I m about to make an 800km drive and don't know if I should cancel the drive or not.
While inspecting the engine, Ive discovered this oil leak on the driver side. I realised now something has been going on since january at least when I did the oil change and the mechanic found some oil seeping from above onto the bottom of the oil pan, but he cleaned it said it doesn't look very serious and to comeback after I drive a while for inspection(I drive the car once a week). There s never been any oil under the car or something of that magnitude nor from my memory onto the oil pan shield(or not significant)
Ive also attached a video of the other side which is squeaky clean. Idk if oil miss poured during the changes along the years also contributes to the oily nature of the driver side but just a thought.
Honestly, I can't tell much from those pictures. All I see are two red arrows on the side of an engine on a crate and not sure what I'm supposed to see in the other pictures, other than a few smudges. I would say this, though. Probably wouldn't go for a long trip like that with a known engine issue.
Last edited by superswiss; Apr 30, 2025 at 07:36 PM.
Honestly, I can't tell much from those pictures. All I see are two red arrows on the side of an engine on a crate and not sure what I'm supposed to see in the other pictures, other than a few smudges. I would say this, though. Probably wouldn't go for a long trip like that with a known engine issue.
check the video attached but I figured it out, it s a valve cover gasket thats slighty seeping, I will get it fixed after the trip or see if its worth getting fixed
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