Is it safe to drive with an oil leak?
Discovering fluid leaks and an unknown bolt underneath your vehicle leaves you unsure whether it is safe to continue driving or if you need to wait weeks for a repair shop appointment. This uncertainty prevents you from safely using your vehicle while you wait to address recurring puddles and filter housing leaks.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Is it safe to drive with an oil leak?
- 1waiting for the scheduled repair shop appointmentDid this help you?
- 2asking online for advice on whether it is safe to waitDid this help you?
- 3Switching to an OEM Mopar filter instead of aftermarket alternatives like STPDid this help you?
- 4Checking for damage or a dented oil cooler baseplateDid this help you?
- 5Checking the exhaust port outsideDid this help you?
- 6Inspecting the chimney cap on the roofDid this help you?
- 7Checking for a plugged drainDid this help you?
- 8locate the valve to shut off the water feeding this pipeDid this help you?
- 9tighten the fitting where the leak isDid this help you?
- 10call a plumber to replace the couplingDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I recently bought a condo, and came home today to find this pipe leaking from the circled section. It only did it for a couple seconds, but it was fairly fast, and left water spattered all along the pipe and floor below the leaking section.”source ↗
Where this came up
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