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Improperly installed oil filter. Too tight, too loose, UN-lubricated gasket, or old gasket left on after removal. Also a drain plug loose or cross threaded. The shop would be responsible if you can prove it is their fault.

Sometimes even when the filter is taken off or the drain plug, the oil drips onto whatever is underneath it and can stay there until later. Some people will mistake it for a leak just because it wasn't properly cleaned off after.

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