[Oil Leak. Making me crazy.]

Cool. I'm really hoping it's something like the axle seal, and not a front or rear main seal or head gasket or something.

 

I've heard Subarus are notoriously leaky cars. Is that true? At what point should I be worried about an oil leak? Thanks again for your help…

[Oil Leak. Making me crazy.]

Hi all,

 

Here goes my first post...

 

I've been trying to talk to other Subaru owners online for a few days now, with not a lot of help. I'm hoping someone here can give me some direction.

 

I just got a 93 Impreza L Wagon (Automatic) for $900. It has 99k miles on it.

 

When I was inspecting it before I bought it, I saw oil kind of smeared all around the underside of the car. All of the cars I've ever owned have been fairly high mileage, and this sort of thing has always been common. However, today I noticed that after driving the car for a few minutes that there is a very slow drip coming down onto the exhaust downpipe - directly beneath where the passenger side axle enters the transmission. Any idea what could be dripping onto the exhaust? I'm assuming it's motor oil, but maybe not. Any thoughts? Thanks so much.