Q: I need to know if I can send someone this picture of a used car I might buy. It's from down the oil cap need to know if gasketleak

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I need to know if I can send someone this picture of a used car I might buy. It's from down the oil cap need to know if gasket leak or not

My car has 141000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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