hmmm, darn i sure hope it isn't...i'm gonna go back out at lunch and check everything again. when i got to work i did pop the hood and look...didn't see any oil anywhere, nothing out of the ordinary....i'll investigate some more....i hope it was the case of it being extremely cold as i read in a past thread....seemed like after it got warm everything came back to normal....i'll have to check the oil level and see, might have to top it off....and dealer is about 35 mins away...argh, might have to use some other brand of synthetic...