Q: Oil leak

asked by on January 08, 2017

Oil pooled under the bottom of the car. Looks clean but a lot of oil. Every time I move the car to a new spot it it pools under that spot. This is the first I noticed it.

My car has 63000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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