# 2015 Subaru Legacy - Leaks oil

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** subaru\
**Created:** [January 22, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038 "2020-01-22T17:47:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Hipolito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/53a042/32.png) [@Hipolito](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Hipolito)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038/1 "2020-01-22T17:47:15Z")

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My car only has 72000 miles.  
Its leaking motor oil

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038/2 "2020-01-22T19:33:48Z")

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And?? Tiny leak, just add oil as needed or replace gasket. Bigger leak, have the offending gasket replaced.

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**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038/3 "2020-01-22T20:24:43Z")

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Tell us more. How do you know it is leaking and not consuming the oil? Spot on the driveway? Or is it low on the stick?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038/4 "2020-01-22T22:22:11Z")

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The key question is…  
From WHERE is it leaking?  
If the leak is from the valve covers, simply “snugging-up” the bolts on the valve covers should remedy the problem.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038/5 "2020-01-22T23:10:57Z")

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Agree! place a cookie sheet with kitty litter on your garage floor and empty that from time to time…

Every American car I have ever owned leaked some oil.

Just look at any supermarket or Walmart parking lot and every stall has black oil marks .

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038/6 "2020-01-22T23:50:24Z")

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How bad is the leak? A quart every week? More? Less?

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038/7 "2020-01-23T00:54:05Z")

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The word “only” does not belong in the same sentence with 72000 miles when speaking of a Subaru.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-subaru-legacy-leaks-oil/157038/8 "2020-01-23T02:52:45Z")

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My Corolla sprang a small valve-cover leak at about that mileage. Not an uncommon thing, and it was easy to fix.