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2013 MCS mystery oil leak (47k miles)

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Old Mar 25, 2018 | 01:41 PM
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2013 MCS mystery oil leak (47k miles)

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https://imgur.com/a/u1TvP

The leak is pretty minor for now. It just leaves a half-dollar sized spot on my garage floor every day or every other day. I recently did a brake fluid flush myself, and I had a local independent shop do a coolant flush. Seems doubtful that the work involved with either of those would cause an oil leak, but maybe worth mentioning.

https://cdn4.pelicanparts.com/techar...mall/pic01.jpg

Going by the image on pelican parts, the source of the oil leak is closest to the brake booster vacuum pump, but that looks clean so I don't think that's the source. The oil seems to be coming from an oblong hole next to the DSC box. I can't find anything that looks oily when looking at the engine from the top. There's a wet spot under the brake fluid reservoir, but that doesn't smell like oil so I assume some brake fluid must have spilled when I did the brake fluid flush.

Anyone know what this might be before I take it to a shop?
 
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Old Mar 25, 2018 | 01:44 PM
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are you sure thats motor oil and not brake fluid?

Your last photo is what makes me think its brake fluid leak.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2018 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by cornjuice
are you sure thats motor oil and not brake fluid?

Your last photo is what makes me think its brake fluid leak.
The wet spot on my floor smelled like oil, not brake fluid. The stuff I wiped off the car today didn't smell like anything but I'm a bit stuffy today so hard to say for sure. Seems too dark to be brake fluid also.

I used a motive power bleeder to do the brake fluid flush and there was some seepage from the pressure gauge and brass fitting until I tightened them down, but it didn't seem like this much, and I didn't spill any fluid otherwise that I noticed. Brake fluid level seems fine so I don't think the reservoir itself is leaking, unless it's a super slow leak.
 
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