Thanks for the insight on this issue. If I do have this happen, I'm definitely going to consider and plan around the shenanigans at the dealership. That leak, in hind sight, is expectable with all things considered. So sorry for the trip.....that is frustrating and disappointing. I have that kind of lek on my other three vehicles and thus far I've been good with it. I know they are all decades older, but until it gets on the exhaust, and smells, it can be ignored. My wife doesn't want to drive the Durango now since it is burning oil dripping from the valve cover. That's why she takes my Bronco.......There was no oil pooling under the vehicle. I stumbled on the leak only after I removed the front bash plate, right behind the bumper, to do an oil change between factory recommended intervals (24k). I immediatly saw oil residue collecting on the top of the plate. Looking up into the front of the engine area, there are small dops of oil acumulating on the steering components, and up around the pan there is very obvious oil residue on the bottom of the pan and pooling around the oil pan bolt heads.
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