Q: Huge oil leak for NO reason?

asked by on January 29, 2017

I was just driving (took the car out without permission), but I'm a great driver. When I came home I found a huge oil leak for no apparent reason. No crashes, nothing went wrong.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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