[Mgs] Oil leak ( stream! ) problem

Oliver sumton at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jul 22 06:23:14 MDT 2008


or the oil gasket did not come off and now you have two.  happened to me 
once.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <mgs at autox.team.net>; <agreenberg at aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Oil leak ( stream! ) problem


> Did this start after a filter change?  If so have you loosened and 
> retightened
> (no more than 3/4 turn after the seal contacts the filter head) the 
> filter?
> At the last change on my roadster for the first time in 40 years I had a 
> leak
> because the rubber seal hadn't seated properly, and that was a gusher.
>
> PaulH.
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  I have a steady stream, when the car is running, of oil seamingly from
>  the block right under my oil filter mount.


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