irritated with oil leak.
03-14-2011, 06:28 PM
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irritated with oil leak.
ok so 2 weekends i did a oil change and dis. o ring change. o ring stopped leaking and the oil filter started leaking. so i tightened a lil bit more by hand and it didnt stop. So i thot maybe i bought a bad oil filter (STP). So i bought another oil filter by wix this time this last saturday. I Put it on and checked for leaks and didnt see any leaks so i thot 2 days later it still leaks. What am i doin wrong here? i clean the oil filter area and lube the oring on filter. ugh any help would be alot right now. James
03-14-2011, 06:33 PM
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Re: irratated with oil leak.
A common problem is that the rubber seal for the old filter comes off during removal and the resulting double seal (old + new) causes the new filter to leak oil.
03-14-2011, 07:23 PM
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both times with old filters had the seals and this last time b4 i added the filter i cleaned the mounting surface where the gaskets goes
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03-14-2011, 08:00 PM
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Re: irratated with oil leak.
yes hand tight and its not leakn from the switch but the filter. i just unscrewed it and did another handtight turn on it and it still leaks
03-15-2011, 07:23 AM
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Do you have an oil cooler/heater installed? I didn't even know they existed until mine started leaking. It goes between the filter and the block, and will have coolant lines running to it. There's a big o ring between it and the block... about $4 from the dealer.
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