I took my truck to the dealer on Thursday night to have the oil changed and today, 3 days later, I noticed a drip on the driveway. I crawled underneath it to look and the area around the filter was dry, but directly below the filter had some oil on it. I didn't see enough anywhere to drip....so I'm thinking it was alittle bit of a sloppy oil change. Other then that...I don't know what it could be. I cleaned the whole area with diluted Simple Green (50/50) about 3 hours ago and it looks good...so far.

 

If it doesn't continue I would say you're all good.

Did you check the drain plugs? They possibly re-used the old gasket...

 

There is more then one plug?

I assume its the oil change....there were no drips in the driveway before.

 

Take it back to the place that did the oil change...

 

if they spilt it some where yes. the numb nuts who did mine last month no joke like poured half a quart of oil all over my engine and front diff, i cleaned it off and it all went away and never leaked any more oil so just watch it and make sure every things tight.

 

Ya that is normal there is a plastic shield over the rack and pinion that keeps that oil off it, if you don't wipe it down it will drip for a couple days

 

i get a drop everytime, it sits in the skidplate.

 

That makes me feel better. At least it was the Ford dealer that did the oil change. The oil filter is in a weird place....right about above alot of stuff!

 

I cleaned it yesterday....it sat for 9 hours in my driveway and no drip and everything is clean. Next time I take in for an oil change, I'm going to ask them to clean it real good....

 

Solve the mess issue the best way, change your own oil. Its much cheaper, more fun to work on your own vehicle ( granted your filter isn't torqued on hard as hell, hand tight is just fine ).

 

yea i change my own and the diff skidplate is a oil pool, great design i guess. oh well....i know that the father-in-law takes his in and has the same deal, so it's not who does it, unless they are super **** and use 100 paper towels and pack it up.

 

I'm gonna tell the "tech" to be super **** next time.