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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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Yeah as the title states, my car is leaking oil.
It is leaking from somwhere above the S-pipe as far as I can see.

I took a good hit not to long ago with stupid Baltimore pot holes. I didn't hit the oil pan, but I did hit the S-pipe, because there is a dent. It looks like a slow leak because I am not getting to much of a oil level drop in as looking at the oil dip stick.

Could there be any upper damage somewhere within the s-pipe that could cause the oil leakage? Or could it be I just broke the seal between the oil pan and the engine so that it is seeping through the seal?
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I'd get under there with a flashlight and take a look around. That's the only way you're going to know.
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yeah i looked around this morning before I went to class for a bit. I can see the oil is forming a drip off the S-pipe. The seal on the oil pan right above the s-pipe looks like it is wet, and it gets less wet as I move away from there. However the bottom of the pan on the back side is wet. The crossmember is wet also, I guess from the oil slinging back onto it.
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So what I found is....
It is leaking from between the seal of the pan and the engine...
I tighten what I can, where it is leaking from, is above the s-pipe, that bolt was very hard to get to. One bolt I guess when I hit the bump, was hard enough to strip the thread from the engine itself. The bolt is fine but I definitely took out the thread when I pulled out the bolt. I'm not sure if any other bolts are possibly stripped or not. Right now after tightening the bolt above the s-pipe, I cannot feel any more oil between the seals coming out. I hope it can hold until this summer or something, but in the mean time I will check my oil very often.

As for the stripped hole, what would be my best course of action?
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