10-03-2009, 08:11 PM
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oil leaking
So I recently got my oil changed, and a week later, I see on my driveway a pretty nasty oil puddle going on. I look under my car, and i can't see where it's leaking from. What do you think it is? Will the people who changed my oil fix it?
I have a 2004 honda civic LX sedan.
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10-03-2009, 08:39 PM
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Check your oil level and have the people who changed it recheck the drain plug and filter.
Something could be amiss, or during the oil change, oil could have splashed someplace under the car that took it a while to drip from.
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10-05-2009, 02:35 PM
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I agree with MechMike - check the oil drain plug and then the filter. My guess is that they did not put them on properly. I have had this happen before.
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10-05-2009, 11:49 PM
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yeah filter is probably the culprit. If you don't put it in correctly the threads will leak
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10-06-2009, 05:09 PM
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hope the kid didnt cross thead the drain plug. i have seen that happen at those 10 min oil change places a bunch. friend of mine had a repair shop across the street from one and they about once a month send /bring in a car they screwed up the oil pan on. he have to R&R the oil pan and bill the pensoil quick change oil shop.
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10-07-2009, 08:05 AM
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i once had them not put the oil cap on correctly, and oil splashed all over the valve cover. i found out after i lost pressure on the freeway - pulled over and luckily the cap was still there. but what a mess
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10-07-2009, 09:32 AM
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friend had her oil drain plug messed up b/c of those places too. she went back to try to get them to replace it, but they denied it was them, and said it was probably a diff place that she went to that did it. she ended up having to foot the bill. that's why i change my own...
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