My car is leaking oil and power steering fluid, what could be the problem?

Question

It is a 2001 Chrysler Sebring. It also smokes after I have been driving it for a while, and if I leave the vents on inside of my car the smoke comes inside. I put oil in and then I check it later on, but it is all gone; same with the power steering fluid. When I pull out of where I was parked, there are brown droplets all over the ground and they smell like oil.

Answer 1

You have some serious leakage going on, both internal and external to the engine. If you continue to drive your vehicle in its current state, you risk greater damage to your vehicle. The oil leaking to the ground could be a simple oil pan gasket leak. The smoke from driving could be a head gasket leak (could be oil or anti-freeze) or a crack in the block. Hope for the gasket leak as a crack in the block would be much more expensive. Power steering fluid is unrelated to the smoke but certainly needs to be addressed too. If you decide to go through with repairs, consider having your cooling system completely flushed too. That could potentially have caused a problem with your head gasket.

Answer 2

well....i think the Power Steering Pump is located pretty close to the engine and on top of many other components. So even if it is leaking the fluid might be both evaporated by the heat of the engine while driving and collected by components under it. And Power S Fluid is only pumped when you turn the steering wheel. I suggest you turn on the engine, let the car warm up, turn the steering wheel rapidly a few times and then check to see if there are deposits on the ground.

Answer 3

most likely you have a rear main seal leaking to check fill with oil and on a level place start car while idiling look under car where the transmission bolts to engine if you see oil leaking there it's the rear main seal the smoke you are seeing and smelling is where oil is hitting the exhaust pipes as for the power steering check for broken hoses or around rack and pinion for leaks