is it possible that leaking valve cover gaskets leak to the control arms and a/c compressor. cuz thats wut my friend told me wen he diagnosed my car. that the valve cover leak was leaking all the way down there. is that possible?

 

it could if it's leaking badly enough

 

yep, mine is doing the same thing. now i have to replace the control arms. well, i would replace them anyway because i have 185k.

 

Funny, im having the same deal on my car, but i replaced the valve covers more than a year ago, and still have to trace the source. I really dont know where is coming from.

 

Upper oil pan gasket. My guess anyway.

You sure it's not compressor oil? Does your A/C work ok still ???? If it's a valve cover gasket, you can usually smell the oil burning off of the head / block. If you can't smell any oil (on a hot engine) then it may not be your valve cover leaking .... jack the car up and look underneeth and look at the oil pan gasket(s).

 

nah i dont think its compressor oil because my a/c is ice cold. dont think im smelling burning oil. im going to take pictures and post them. if you look by the timing chain cover where theres a sensor looking thing coming out of it it looks fluid stained. and allitle lower also. when i look from underneath the car the p/s lines are drenched and all around them also (its not p/s fluid because even though the resivior is low it hasnt got any lower since ive had the car[about 5 months]).