I had a ton of errands to run earlier today, so planned it that about the last 15 minutes I'd be running the A/C compressor. Just now I checked and there was one half dollar size drip on the concrete right in the middle.

When running errands, there were a couple of times when I was turning the steering wheel sharply at low speeds, that I thought I heard what I'd assume was the steering pump. Is that normal?

I say this in that there is a veritable group of possible oil leakers on the left front of the engine: Small cam cover, main cam cover, upside down oil filter, steering pump, and A/C compressor. About the only thing missing is an actual oil rig pumping away.

One trick for cars with less items on the engine is to clean everything well, then shake baby powder all over the area where the leak might be coming from. Unfortunately this area on the XF is beyond seeable, let alone getting baby powder to stick upside down.

If I did install a new A/C compressor and came back from a run and later there was a big oil puddle under the XF, I'd be less than pleased.

Any one else go through this scenario? And if so, which one was the guilty party?

Biba