Software Update and Hard Drive Space Driving me crazy...

Evening,
I have been experiencing this issue for a long time and I don't know what to do. Ever since February 14, 2011 (a SL reinstall) my MacBook Pro for some reason is not recovering the HDD space after Software Update downloads are completed. Before updating Safari and applying the security update my HDD space was 381.79GB, when the update files were downloaded before reinstalling the space went down to 381.72. When the updates were installed and the system rebooted, I expected that the HDD space would have increased but it remained at 372.72GB. I know is not that much of HDD however, I remember that before the HDD space would increase after a software update was applied since SU would delete the installer packages. I have tried 3 full reinstalls with zero out option and unfortunately the problem is still there. Do you think I have a software problem? or hardware problem?
Thank You!

Forgot to post: I don't know what is causing the problem, could it be a damaged drive or other hardware or is it a software problem? I have tried the following:
Reinstalled OSX more than 3 times each with Zero Out option activated and the problem keeps resurfacing...
Repaired Permissions
Repaired the drive with OSX Install disc
deleted caches, plist both in finder and SU
Safeboot
Things to still try out:
Reinstall OSX with Zero Out option but with another install disc (I got a replacement from apple care).
and the final one throw my MBP out the window...
Last one is just a joke but I am lost on this issue that has persisted everytime since February 14...
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