Having an oil leak in the same spot under your car is one sign of an oil pan gasket leak. Another is smoke from the engine department.
need to stop leak on 1995 Honda Odyssey on a oil pan gasket
The CR-V oil pan gasket fits between the pan and engine block. If the gasket fails then oil will leak possibly causing engine failure.
If it the gasket on the oil pan leaking, it would cost approximately $450 to have the oil pan removed and the gasket replaced.
An oil pan doesn't leak unless it is damaged or rotted through. You probably have a gasket or a seal that is leaking and the oil is dripping off the bottom of the oil pan. In that case it would leak more with the engine running.
There probaboy is a leak somewhere. Don't run it with the light on or you will need mega bucks repair. It's probably an oil pan/ gasket leak or engine gasket leak(i.e.head gasket)
Common leak points are oil pressure sensor, oil pan, and timing cover gasket.
if your trying to fix the oil leak the oil pan gasket isn't going to do it our 3800 has leaked oil since is was new dealer put a new pan gasket in it about 4 times the pan gets warped and leaks again with in a few weeks
You could but it may leak.
A bad gasket would probably leak, and an oil change would be a good opportunity to spot that.
There is no oil pan gasket on a 7.3 diesel. Ford uses a grey silicone for a gasket. It dries super hard. So you will not find a real gasket anywhere. If you have a leak chances are its the pan itself. They are prone to rotting out due to road salt, etc...
that depends on whether the oil pan gasket is leaking of it you have a hole in the oil pan if you have leaking gasket, the engine needs to be raised to enable removal of oil pan, gonna cost you some bucks. if you have a hole, drain the oil pan. buy a good filler at auto store, clean area round hole and plug leak i priced it today and it was 2.5 hours labor plus the price of the pan and gasket. around 400 bucks.
You will need a new oil pan gasket when the oil pan gasket leaks. It is recommended that you use a new oil pan gasket every time you remove the oil pan.