Today when I went to look under my car I noticed a big spot of oil so i guess im leaking oil what could that be from?

 

The engine, I would assume.

Get underneath and track the oil dripping down. There are a shit ton of places it could leak from.

 

alright I think its coming from the pan thanks.

 

Probably time for a new oil pan gasket.

 

I wonder if retightening the bolts is worth a try. Not familiar enough w. this car yet, but it has been known to work on others.

I have some oil on the sides of the oil pan, and none above, so I assume that is where it is coming from. Some of the oil looks very old, so I am guessing it has been going on for a long time. One seam looks to be wet and oily too...

 

if you plan to just retighten the bolts, be careful, those love to snap if your to overtighten. make sure you tighten in a x-cross pattern as well. and you might as well replace the gasket just to be safe imo

 

That doesn't work. The gasket itself probably is deteriorated like an old rubber band and won't hold the oil in no matter what. It wouldn't hurt to try, but you have to be careful like tegbooster said because those bolts snap extremely easily.

 

Noted (that is why I asked). It does not look like the pan will just slide out, either... I think my list is growing faster than I cross items off...

 

Assuming you have a GSR, you have to remove the flywheel cover and the two engine stiffeners to gain access to all the bolts/nuts and then remove the A-pipe to get the oil pan out. It should be a 2 hour job or so.

 

Is it the same thing for the Ls?