Flexin5

i have a mf factory oil filter sangwich () adapter, and it's been leakey since day one. i have my oil feed line going to the turbo from it, aswell as a oil temp gague, and my oil pressure gague is tapped onto the pressure sending unit. i used teflon tape on all of the fittings, and they don't look like they are leaking, but i have a good enough oil leak coming from somewhere on the back of the block.

my quesion is, when you put on that fitting that comes with the adapter, do you have to torque it down or does it tighted when you put on the filter? reason being is that i don't have a socket that's big enough/deep enough and it's pretty hard to get a wrench in there to tighten it down, also the gasket on it sucks but i don't know where to get another one, if i can match it up with one from a bigger oil filter and use that gasket think that would work?

TIA.

eh3 93

I had issues with my sammich adapter too. You dont know how bad it was pissing me off. Go get a deep socket first and just tighten down like you would an oil filter. Did you put teflon on the lines coming from the adapter? If its still leaking, I can guarantee you its the oil filter you have on. Thats what my problem was. I was using a carquest oil filter and switched to a K&N and it stopped leaking. What happened is the base of the Carquest oil filter is too shallow and it was hitting the sandwich adapter nut when tightened down and wasnt creating a nice tight seal. The K&N filters base is a lot deeper allowing the filter to screw on tighter. Bring your old filter to the auto parts store and compare them before you buy it.

Flexin5

ahh gotcha, would you happen to know the size of the fitting by anychance? also i should have mensioned that i've been only using the OEM filters since the rebuild....it's pissing me off too cause i'm getting bitched at for leaving oil stains all over the driveway


Modified by Flexin5 at 12:55 AM 9/3/2008


Modified by Flexin5 at 12:55 AM 9/3/2008

HiProfile

GSR/vtec-e motors came with oil coolers on them, and the fitting does stick up a little. I'd have thought they'd have taken that into account for those motors' filters, and made darn sure it's never an issue.

Flexin5

^i'm sorry, i should have specified that it's an LS motor, i don't understand where this leak is coming from, all that i can think of is the oil sender where my pressure gague is tapped off of, the sammish adapter, and then my feed line and temp gague is tapped off of that. i don't get where else the leak could come from on the back of the block.

non-VTEC

is there not a seal on the back of the adapter so that it seals to the block? it may be leaking from there.

i just had my autometer electrical sending unit take a dump on me and it was leaking oil all over the firewall.

thatblkguy

did you add oil around that oring before the install

1988_96hb

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HiProfile &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">GSR/vtec-e motors came with oil coolers on them.</TD></TR></TABLE> not all gsr motors came with oil coolers, only certain years and my d15z1(vtec-e) doesnt have an oil cooler i dont think.

Flexin5

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by non-VTEC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is there not a seal on the back of the adapter so that it seals to the block? it may be leaking from there.

i just had my autometer electrical sending unit take a dump on me and it was leaking oil all over the firewall.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yO lou, it does have a seal, i even put some sealent around it...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thatblkguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you add oil around that oring before the install</TD></TR></TABLE>

i did, also re-did all the teflon on the fittings....yet still leakey, just not as much....

eh3 93

Did you try switching oil filters yet?

Flexin5

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eh3 93 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you try switching oil filters yet?</TD></TR></TABLE>

not as yet, mainly because i have a bag full of OEM filters..lol so i guess start looking for a filter with a shallow'er thread base? (if that makes sence?)

eh3 93

Yea you want a filter with a more recessed base. Wouldnt hurt to try.

thatblkguy

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Flexin5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ahh gotcha, would you happen to know the size of the fitting by anychance? also i should have mensioned that i've been only using the OEM filters since the rebuild....it's pissing me off too cause i'm getting bitched at for leaving oil stains all over the driveway


Modified by Flexin5 at 12:55 AM 9/3/2008


Modified by Flexin5 at 12:55 AM 9/3/2008</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think its 25mm

95dc2teg

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1988_96hb &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> not all gsr motors came with oil coolers, only certain years and my d15z1(vtec-e) doesnt have an oil cooler i dont think.</TD></TR></TABLE>

those certain years were 94 and 95.

eh3 93

Figure out the prob yet?