Q: Oil under oil pan
Hi Scotty, i bought a dodge ram 1500 (2003, 4.7l quad cab) about 2 weeks ago. I like it so far but when i went underneath i noticed oil drops on the oil pan. I wiped them off and the next days it had two drops hanging from it again. How do i approach this and stop the leak before it gets out of hand ? It doesn't seem to leak a lot of oil right now but i want to prevent further problems. Thank you!
My car has 180 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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