oil on power steering unit

[Roger33917]

While laying under my truck 2014 Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi 2 wheel drive yesterday I noticed oil drip coming off my electric power steering unit where would the possible cause of this come from where should I start looking first it just hit 47000 miles?

 

[pacofortacos]

Is it right below the oil filter?
On my 4X4 the steering sits right below the oil filter, needless to say it gets some oil on it with every oil change.

 

[Roger33917]

I'll definitely check that will know tomorrow I'm going to get up under there again with a light see what's going on thanks for mentioning that

 

[Bigpaul13]

If you got oil changed recently, it's probably from them removing the filter like Paco said. I still spill some oil when doing a change. If you're crawling back under, double check that the filter is tight and give everything a wipe down. If there's oil there again and a few days, you gotta do some more looking.

 

[jws123]

As long as the area is not soaked or you see oil shooting out you are probably fine.