All,

My 98 Stratus, with 110,000 miles, suddenly started leaking oil last week. No trace of the leak before this. The head gasket was replaced at 35,000 with one of the MLS ones, so I am certain it is not this. Had the timing belt changed at the dealer (stupid pulley) about 8,000 miles ago, this is the only major work that's been done. The oil seems to be collecting underneath the area joining the engine and trans, but it may be coming from just above this area or the back of the block (hard to tell with the axle in the way!). Hasn't been leaking long enough to tell how fast, but there are typically several drips after a few hours or overnight.

Is there anything common that is known to go bad (crankshaft seal, oil pan gakset, etc)? I am not so willing to put a ton of money into the car (been eyeing a Magnum), but I'm kinda handy with a wrench and would consider fixing something myself if I could tell for certain what's going on.

Any ideas or suggestions?
Alex

 

what size engine

 

Its the head gasket they only last about 70000, because the exhaust manifold creaks and creates a lot of heat. 1500 deg it leaks from the driver-side between the head and gasket.The leak get worse until you will be using a quart ever day. wont hurt anything to drive it unless you run it out of oil. this on the 2.4 motor

 

I don't know if it's the same or not but when I bought my '02 R/T (3.0L) the engine leaked from everywhere BUT the head gasket. Intake gasket was probably leaking around a quarts a day by itself.