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".......Well I just chatted with my mechanic friend who thru a matter of deduction thinks the seal to the oil filter probably leaked or it came lose......"

Without seeing the car in person, I would come to the same conclusion as your mechanic.

However "....... its definately the most coated with oil spray right towards the driverside fire wall coating the steering shaft where it is connected to the steering gear box....."

Are you sure it's engine oil and not power steering fluid?
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I actualy gort a day off work yesterday so I was able to jack the front up and do a crawl thru I wiped down oil and took pictures with my cell phone. I could not find any obvious are of an oil leak. the spray area definitely coincides with the level of the oil filter where it screws in. I also noticed the filter was about an 1/8" from seated flush with the base of the filter mount screwed in as far as it goes, I'm thinking the auto parts store gave me the wrong size filter last year. I'll get a new one today before work and see if that is the issue. As to power steering fluid this truck is bare bones basic at the momment so no heater, no power steering, etc. The clincher there is the oil pan dip stick shows a very smaill amount of oil left(think way below the safe fluid level.) Fingers crossed this is the issue. Next question - what oil do you guys recommend. I have to check what I bought last time I added ZDDP with all of the oil changes since building the engine, but have heard a few people meantion oils with zinc already added. Thanks for all your feed back!