2005 Ford Taurus "finding rear engine oil leak" Questions

engine several inches from wheel theres a number of places the oil could be comeing from oil pan gasket oil filter oil bolt front seal rear seal valve cover gasket as cars get older in time they begin

engine to the rear bumper. Such a mess, can't find leak. Where are the places this engine oil might be coming from? Passenger side looks clean. Drivers side to the rear of motor looks oily. Putting in

...engine are the distributor base (rear of motor), valve cover (top of motor), front main seal (behind lower timing belt cog) cam seal (behind the upper timing belt cog) and rear main seal. (behind the ...

...Run the engine & start looking from the top, down. It may be a bad valve cover leak from the rear of the cover or ck the front & rear seals. (cracked head, block etc. It could be many ...

...engine rear main seal A more common leak is the oil filter adapter,so here is an inspection trick to find your leak.lower or remove the flywheel cover and look at the side of the flywheel that faces ...

...rear of engine. Front one is pretty easy to change, but rear main seal leak means you have to drop transmission to get to it. But it could be another seal or gasket. Can you tell about where leak is, ...

...engine oil. The oil appears to come from the rear of the motor just below the valve cover gasket. Facing the car the leak is on the left side rear of the motor. The oil seems to puddle on the intake ...

...rear engine seal / oil filter seal /rocker covers front cover seals lift the motor out and replace all the engine seals and gaskets unseen internals hardened valve stem seals /burning oil through ...

...rear main engine seal.  On newer vehicles, it is a one-piece design, and easy to install.  The problem is the engine and transaxle have to be separated to get to it. You would either ...

...rear of engine area ? but you say oil level in engine is ok? and not needed to top up ? then i would check the gearbox/transmission oil level? for any loss? asap it may be your leak is coming from ...