Putting things in perspective, that's not oil its transmission fluid and its right underneath the radiator. That's a good thing! This is the small puddle not the large puddle farther up the driveway (which I still need to figure out how to clean up). And since its underneath the radiator I know it didn't come from a leak in the transmission case. What you don't see here is that the engine compartment is literally covered in transmission fluid at this point. What happened? One of the two hoses that runs between the transmission and the radiator had a catastrophic failure which sprayed the transmission fluid directly into the radiator fan which was then quickly distributed it all over the engine and even leaking out underneath the hood.
One of the rare times that there is a simple fix, replace the hose and replace the transmission fluid. The serpentine belt was also replaced as the trany fluid doesn't behave well with the belt. And with that thought in mind the whole engine compartment was cleaned as well.
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