Hi Guys

Here is one that will make you wonder, First I will say I use my S70 for winter driving and have it garaged rest of year, well the other day I moved it out of garage and have been starting it every other day, then one day I statred it and walked away ,I came back and noticed oil under car,I shut off engine and noticed oil dripping from oil filter area? Now I am having it towed to mechanic Monday, anyone have any ideas of what happened before I get wallet shock THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

Before it gets cold outside, jack up the passenger side and take a better look at where you think the oil is coming from. That location is very close to the oil pump and oil cooling lines, under the timing belt. The O rings could have dried out and cracked.
I have a problem with people who start cars for 10-15 minutes and then shut the engine off, thinking they have done the car a favor. The idle speed does not splash oil over the crank shaft and the oil pump does not produce enough pressure to properly oil the entire system. You wind up with engine hot spots and sludge in the colder spots.
If you are going to park a car for a long time, change the oil and tranny fluid, disconnect or trickle charge the battery, and park it. Cover it with a dust cover and forget about it. When it is time to use it again, add gasoline stabilizer, pump up the tires, and drive.
Remember to inspect the S belt and T belt, they may develop cracks from being in the same position for so long, and dry rot.

Klaus
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1975 164 w/173,500mi 1995 850T w/91,000mi, 1998 V70R w/128,000mi

Hope that it is just loose and not found to be bulged.

the filter does not look bulged, what would that indicate, there was no evidence of water in the oil

Why don't you try tightening the oil filter by hand - maybe it wasn't put on tight enough???

If you had the oil changed before you garaged it, maybe the oil filter gasket from the old oil filter got stuck (have had that happen) and when the new filter was put on, a good seal could not be formed because of an extra gasket there.

Worth a shot before you have it towed.