<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I've not been following this string that closely as I have been travelling but I thought that the initial posts described the leak as coming from the engine-transmission junction and the small hole in the tranny. If that's the case I don't see how a leak at the oil filter cannister could be the cause.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I wonder if the scroll seal had been replaced by what we call a "proper" rear seal and if it had somehow become dislodged, allowing major amounts of oil into the bellhousing and ontio the garage floor?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 5:46 PM Ricchardd Mayor <<a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com">boyracer466@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">I did some research awhile back about oil filter leaks and found that there are reports that over-tightening the canister can sometimes damage the sealing O ring to such an extent that it can cause a substantial oil leak.<div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 20, 2022, at 4:49 PM, i erbs <<a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com" target="_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="auto">Spray break cleaner all over an d clean up the oil. Fill your block, starts the car, once any pressure shows on your gauge, turn it off. Check for leaks.<div dir="auto">I'll bet it's the filter. If canister type, the seal ring must have slipped, if spin on conversion, make sure you put a thin coat of oil on the seal and tighten</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 1:10 PM healeymanjim <<a href="mailto:healeymanjim@hansencc.net" target="_blank">healeymanjim@hansencc.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">changed oil in a club member's tri carb. went to get gas and noticed lots of oil under car. by the time i got back had lost about 4 qts or more of oil on a few mile drive. coming from rear of engine and coming out bottom joint and cotter pin hole. was only a small drip before oil change. assume it is coming from rear main, but could it fail that fast? any other places to look?<br>
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