3.6L Oil leak

[dyoderii]

Just at 6 months with 10K miles and changing the oil the first time. There is oil dripping everywhere before I have removed the drain plug. The fabric under the engine is soaked.
Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a thread discussing this?

 

[dyoderii]

Just at 6 months with 10K miles and changing the oil the first time. There is oil dripping everywhere before I have removed the drain plug. The fabric under the engine is soaked.
Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a thread discussing this?

Drained and measured the amount of oil. Only recovered 4 quarts. It is possible that some of that was eaten by the engine. I assume this is the same engine that is in the Vans. I have not seen a leak or oil loss before with this engine.

I have cleaned up the leaked oil. Retightened the plug and will check it in a few days. Maybe it was spilled at the factory...

 

[eleceng1979]

Over tightening the oil filter cap, using two orings on the cap, or other debris in threads will cause the filter housing to crack. It’s all plastic and has a minimal torque rating.

If you pull the engine cover off and look down below the filter housing, you can see it leak from above

 

[2021jgcl]

Drained and measured the amount of oil. Only recovered 4 quarts. It is possible that some of that was eaten by the engine. I assume this is the same engine that is in the Vans. I have not seen a leak or oil loss before with this engine.

I have cleaned up the leaked oil. Retightened the plug and will check it in a few days. Maybe it was spilled at the factory...

Had a Durango that got the oil filter cap over torqued and caused a massive oil leak. Oil go as far back as covering the transmission pan it was a disaster.