Oil Change Residue?

[markclio2007]

I nearly cried when i went out to check my car after going for a drive after oil change to find a puddle of oil underneath!!

Cleaned it off the undertray as i took it off and now it seems ok hope thats all it is and not a leak!1

Anyone else had this?

 

[leon-and-vicky]

could be a slight leak out of the sump plug if you didnt change the copper washer

 

[markclio2007]

its not coming from there mate!! plus its not a copper washer its a aluminium one with rubber in the middle and was in god cond so didnt change

the oil is really black so got to be old oil

 

[leon-and-vicky]

could be from when you changed the old oil filter then mate.i had this.it just runs onto the subframe and drips off slowly.just keep checking.lol

 

[markclio2007]

Yeh will do it seems to have run down and out onto undertray and comes out the hole where the cap is for the sump plug

 

[markclio2007]

Anyone else had this?

 

[markclio2007]

When i took undertray off it was covered in oil (black) so old now cleaned see what happens

 

[Jay Payne]

I took the undertray off BEFORE i changed the filter, that way you can clean all the old oil thats ran down from the sump and block off easier. Good tip for next time

 

[markclio2007]

Yeh deffo thats where it must have been leaking from as it doesnt seem to be coming out of sump plug. Did you change washer?

 

[TomTom]

The washer will leak if you didn't change it, also when you remove the old oil filter, a bit of oil will come out and dribble down the block, did you wipe it when you had the filter off?

 

[Jay Payne]

Yeh deffo thats where it must have been leaking from as it doesnt seem to be coming out of sump plug. Did you change washer?

yes i did change the washer

 

[markclio2007]

I tried to best as i could!! I think most the oil was on undertray as when i took plug out some went on it so took it off and cleaned so hopefully no more leaking!!

No the plug washer will 99% be ok as i know peeps in dealers that dont change um and its not leaking from there!