I know it would be a hassle, but the sure way to test it would be to clean everything up, then reinstall the filter and watch for the source of the leak with the car safely on ramps.
WIX will probably take it and do a similar test in the lab.
So the filter was removed, never seen actually leaking, and now it MUST be the filter, because there is oil under the car ?
Dangerous ...
If it wasn't actually the oil filter, you might not get so lucky next time ...
The defendant's party sure is offering a whole lot of "speculation" recently. Ironic.
Yes, the filter was removed with evidence of oil leaking from
at least that height. There was no evidence of oil being pulled by gravity from above that point, only "sprayed" oil above. This
is NOT definitive evidence the filter is the culprit, but the evidence is pretty substantial. Once the oil and filter were changed, I wiped everything down and checked for all the right things (double gasket, deformed gasket/overly tight, dirty gasket surface, etc. etc.). None were an issue. There is clear evidence the ADBV is misaligned, but I'm pretty sure this
is not the culprit. It's still
somewhat indicative of what may be inside/unseen though. The most important
actual evidence is that once it was fired up, there was no longer a leak from that area (the pan gasket has been seeping a tiny bit, but away from that space). This is the only fact here. Therefore it
should be assumed the filter was the culprit until any other evidence surfaces. Hardly "dangerous."
Was that non-speculative enough?
