The wife's kia soul, which has only been dealer serviced, is leaking out of the oil drain plug. You can see some lovely sealant they tried to use to make it stop.
My new-to-me Jeep Patriot.... same deal. Now that I've had it long enough to drive around it's clear it's leaking from the drain plug. It's so tight I can't even get the plug loose with the normal 3/8" drive length driver. I wanted to see if it was just loose from the oil change the dealer did, but nope, it's not.
Replace the oil pans, try one of the repair kits or do something else?
The Jeep looks pretty easy to replace the pan, don't even have to jack it up to do the job.
The Kia I've not looked at but I won't do it anyway because I don't work on the wife's car at all so I'll have whichever makes more sense done at the local (expensive) shop.
I've never used one of the repair kits, but it doesn't look too complicated. Just doubles the number of failure points going forward.
My new-to-me Jeep Patriot.... same deal. Now that I've had it long enough to drive around it's clear it's leaking from the drain plug. It's so tight I can't even get the plug loose with the normal 3/8" drive length driver. I wanted to see if it was just loose from the oil change the dealer did, but nope, it's not.
Replace the oil pans, try one of the repair kits or do something else?
The Jeep looks pretty easy to replace the pan, don't even have to jack it up to do the job.
The Kia I've not looked at but I won't do it anyway because I don't work on the wife's car at all so I'll have whichever makes more sense done at the local (expensive) shop.
I've never used one of the repair kits, but it doesn't look too complicated. Just doubles the number of failure points going forward.