Ok gang, it's a done deal....picked up the beast last night. Here is the info I got. It was indeed the valley pan gasket leaking. I talked with the service manager and tech......peep this.....most people don't realize the valley pan is leaking because the hot engine dries the leak before it ever hits the ground in most cases. So, word to the wise...if you are adding coolant and don't know why, have your X pressure tested to see if it is in fact the valley pan. This is about a 2500.00 job. Bless the CPO gods on this one
. I also found this out as well...front turn signal sockets are not covered under CPO like the rears are
...the explanation I got was that the rears are part of a circuit board system and the fronts aren't. So that cost me about 25.00. I guess that's better than footing the bill for the valley pan.......Phil