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If you install the 2" spacers, you could potentially have binding issues with the front CV axles while the wheels are off the ground. This side-effect seems to be influenced by the particular brand of CV axle on your vehicle. The best way to confirm whether you have binding or not is to install the spacers, then rotate the front wheels (with hubs locked) by hand and feel for any resistance or binding in the inner or outer CV joints. If there isn't, you're probably OK. If there is binding, you may damage the CV axles on any type of terrain that might cause either front wheel to max out the suspension travel. Therefore, avoid such terrain. Also, another common side-effect of 2" spacers is extreme positive camber, which may be correctable with camber bolts. After installation of the spacers, you'll need an alignment.

Hey thanks for the reply, glad people are still active here! Checked the gasket! looks like they're the right ones. Sounds like I'll just have to take my time with it and maybe leave her apart overnight... might wait till spring lol. Thanks for the link, that's way better than my Chilton manual, it feels like it just introduces everything but doesn't actually show enough detail to do any work when you're starting with almost zero experience.

Dealer was a no show so on to the next step. https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/sudbury/87-pathfinder/1535678739?undefined

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Hi folks, My new-to-me pathy has been trouble free for the past few months but now I noticed a few drops of engine oil on the floor. It's really not a lot and it only leaks when the oil is hot. I got under the car and at first glance it appears the leak is coming from the oil pan gasket. The thing is, I took it to my indie and he says the oil is actually coming from somewhere above the oil pan, and it would require either taking the engine out or the whole transmission to pinpoint the leak (both of course $$$). He's a great indie but he mostly sees my E39 and BMWs in general, so maybe not being familiar with the pathy he's thinking about tackling this the hard way. I'm hoping he's not right, or is he? Here is a pic I took of the oil pan (it's not the greatest photo but I can take more from other angles): Any common leaky spots up there? How much of a PITA would it be to properly fix the leak?