here is what happened. my buddy went to move my car after it had been parked for about an hour of some free way driving and when he moved it, we noticed that there was a pretty significant leak - a trail of oil from where it started to where my car was parked. the oil pooled a bit at park, but eventually stopped leaking. it started though when he backed my car up, having the wheels turned (what i am trying to say is that my car wasn't leaking when it was stopped in park after the free drive - it started after he backed it up and turned the wheel).

so i was thinking because of that, that it was the power steering (the fluid somewhat looked like powersteering fluid when it was on the ground.

anyway, finally got the car jacked up and the leak is coming from up top in the engine bay, but i can't see it from the top. the pic of the engine mount is there for reference because the oil dripping down was covering it. the other picture is what i'm not sure about - and it appears that it's that which is leaking. it's located near the firewall. if you are looking at from above, it would be just about underneath the computer......

thoughts? sorry for the long post....just want to make sure i give you all, all that i know.

 

would that be a faulty power steering rack?

 

Tough to tell for me from your pictures. If you power steering was leaking that fast you should see your reservoir dropping rapidly if that were the case. Id take the screws off your coolant tank and tilt it out of the way, under there will be your oil cooler and oil filter, take a look and see how that is lookin.