New Oil Leak, 2005 FX4, 5 speed manual


Hiaasen


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City
SoCal
Vehicle Year
2005
Transmission
Manual
I developed an oil leak overnight. Crawled under the truck to look around and was a bit alarmed at what I'm seeing (photos below). Leak seems to be originating near the rear of my oil pan, but I'm more alarmed at the alignment of what I think is the bell housing as it attaches to the engine (flush on passenger side of the oil pan, transmission looks proud by around 3/8" on the driver's side). I bought the truck pretty much exactly a year ago with 115k miles, currently at 126k. I've done 2 oil changes and changed the transmission fluid but never noticed this issue before. The guy I bought it from said he'd recently had the rear main seal replaced on the engine and there was a small leak from the left front CVT seal, but I replaced the axles and seals a few months ago and that leak stopped. This leak is definitely new and in a different location. Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks,
-Hiaasen


Oil Pan.jpg
 
Found some reference photos and YouTube stills that show that alignment is normal. Upon chasing the drips further, looks like it's probably a transmission fluid leak
 

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