Q: My car has been stripped off of drain plug and my oil is leaking to my motor
My car has been stripped off of drain pipe last time I went for oil change and my oil is leaking to the motor. How much do you think it's gonna cost me to fix all that?
My car has 100740 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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