<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Perhaps we need to hear back from the original poster to better pinpoint the source of the leak. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">If in fact it is the engine/transmission joint I think that eliminates oil filter seal failure.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 4:55 AM Jim Ryan via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.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"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:bold;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:nowrap">@Ricchardd Mayor. That is exactly what happened to me on my first oil change. I guess if you need to go for original for concours reasons one might keep that original system. I didn't so I went with the spin on conversion.</span><table cellpadding="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.875rem;display:block"></table></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 8:44 PM Ricchardd Mayor <<a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com" target="_blank">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>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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