How fucked am I? Any insight at the possibilities?
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>>16938149
Mine's caked in power steering fluid in the same spot, but that looks like oil, probably just a small leak in a line. Have you found the source?
Did monthly check of fluids and tranny is half. If that gives more info.
>>16938175
Leak at trans cooler? Find it and fix it, top off fluid, and run it. If the trans managed to fuck itself already then just swap in an 80e for $200.
>>16938149
>Any insight at the possibilities
Looks like an oil leak
>>16938149
Sorry.
You got aids.
>>16938205
Not really thick like oil
>>16938327
It is oil, anon. Tell me, what other fluids run through an engine besides coolant and oil?
Could be a number of things, most likely rear main seal, oil pan gasket, double gasketed oil filter, cam seals, crank seal, etc.
OP seems like a clueless idiot who expected someone to tell him all this could be fixed with a can of sea foam in his gas tank. Owning a vehicle requires maintenance and even then there is still wear and tear.
>>16938149
>Any insight at the possibilities?
you are not good at taking useful photos.
>>16939064
Some people believe in providing minimal info when asking for help. Heck, to me those photos look like they are from different cars or are of different problem areas altogether. There's just no context. There's not even a word description provided. It's a heeere some random photo edited and cropped wut do?
>>16938763
>rear main seal
>coating a bracket that is forward of the front of the engine
power steering and trans fluid run to that exact location for cooling.
>>16938149
Whats the problem?