Oil Leak

I have a 95 Beretta v6. I pulled into my parking spot and noticed that I now have an oil leak underneath my car which turned into a puddle. I checked the oil level and was only down a quart. I had it changed a few months ago and everything up until now was fine. My neighbor says it could be a lose screw or plug. The oil was dripping from underneath the front portion of the car in the middle.

I don't have a lot of money so I was wondering what this could be and how common is this type of leak. Is it an oil drain plug, a lose screw or possibly an oil gasket plug? This just happened today and I haven't gotten any low oil lights on it or anything.

Take it with your reciept back to whoever changed the oil and ask them to check it out. They will usually fix it for free if it was caused by their service. If it isn't than they'll usually tell you where the leak is coming from as a courtesy inorder to keep your future business.

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Get yourself a flashlight, and a towel, crawl under that puppy and find the leak. Maybe its because I am a little Jew boy from NY some place but, If some one asks me what time it is; I will say, “Where is a clock”?

Take it with your reciept back to whoever changed the oil and ask them to check it out. They will usually fix it for free if it was caused by their service. If it isn't than they'll usually tell you where the leak is coming from as a courtesy inorder to keep your future business.


Thanks. As it turns out the leak was from a power steering hose. I had to buy a new one and it's going to be replaced. I have a neighbor friend who's a mechanic so he ended up temporarily putting duct tape on the hose. Thanks for the replies though. It was a really confusing issue as it appears power steering fluid turns to the same color as oil and also seems to have the same oily feel to it.

If your neighbor is a mechanic that uses duct tape…….


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Glad you got it fixed.