All I know is you have to take damn near the whole suspension apart to get the oil pan off to put on a new gasket. If it were me it would have to be leaking about a qt a week for me to tackle that job.

Keep an eye on it , it probably won't get any worse. The pan gasket is metal and if torqued properly is 99.99% bullet proof.

I can't tell where I'm looking in that picture. do you have a 3.0 or 4.x?

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2002 BMW X5 3.0
2006 Ford Explorer 6 cyl
1998 VW Jetta 2.0 GLS
2004 Honda VTX1800C 100hp 97 lb of torque