99 Lexus sc300 leaking oil??????

[Red_Robin]

Hello, hoping to reach out and find my answers for my wonders ha ha, but any who I have a 1999 Lexus sc300 with 170k miles bought it with 156k miles, let me tell you a little about it. This is my third Lexus SC300, I owned a Pearl white one that I ended up wrecking in a collison totaled it and i found out that on that car my gasket blew!!!!! head gasket to be exact that car was also a 99, second lexus sc300 was a 96 with 56k miles or 87k miles which was extremely low, but the condition for it needed a lot of work that I didnt have the time for, But thats alittle about my lexus past but the real question is i have notice some oil under my car and when i had it in to get an oil change at jiffy lube a couple of weeks ago they said it was or could be my oil pan gasket? I checked the Valve covers and they seemed fine i can post pictures of it later! But im hoping its not a Rear main seal causing me to drop the transmission and i know the cars old and wont be perfect but imma make it perfect to me! and thats what matters. She's also getting new wheels very soon! 

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[TrevC]

Hi John

Its always difficult to diagnose the exact cause of a leak especially underneath as it tends to blow it all over the place when driving.

I always just clean it off with a Jetwash and once dried, park it up with cardboard underneath to locate the general area and then go in for a closer inspection in that area.

The alternative is to use a Smoke Generator and introduce smoke into the crankcase to see where it comes out of.

Keep us updated with what you find

Cheers  Trevor