Oil and filters...

[smithma7 at yahoo.com (Mike Smith)]

Also, the engine was rebuilt about 6-8 months ago by a reputable VW garage.  Should a head gasket go that quickly?  

Mark <mardak@cogeco.ca> wrote:Hmmmm, I don't know if a leaking oil filter would cause a cloud of blue
smoke behind you. Were you driving at freeway speed? That's about the only
way oil could get blown onto the hot exhaust if it were leaking from the
filter. You could have oil leaking from the valve cover at the back, but
you said the leak was in the front. Hopefully you didn't blow a head
gasket, which would be my guess if the above scenarios are false...

Mark
80 S
81 S ABA/JH/4K


> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Mike Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:44 AM
> To: car
> Subject: Oil and filters...
>
>
> Pardon my naiveness, although I have learned a lot from the list,
> when compared to what I still don't know, it's next to nothing.
> Anyway, if an oil filter is not tight enough, will it keep a seal
> for a while (like 3 days) and then blow? I was on the way to
> work this morning (fortunately only 5 minutes from home when it
> happened) when I noticed a big blue cloud behind me. I'm so
> happy I'm a regular mirror checker. At first I thought it must
> be someone else as I had just done emissions in July and aced it
> . But when everyone else had turned off the road and it was just
> me, it was still there. I pulled over and looked under the front
> end. The car was hemorrhaging oil from the front of the pan.
> I'm assuming it's from the filter. Being in work clothes, I
> didn't get under and check, but after checking the oil, I found
> it had lost about half a quart in about 3 minutes. Is this what
> happens if the filter is not on tight enough?
>
> Secondly, other than being a pain to take it off the next time,
> is there anything wrong with over-tightening the filter?
>
> BTW, I got it home with no issues and parked it. I will be
> looking at it tonight when I get home from work. And thank the
> powers that be that I didn't get around to getting rid of the POS
> Pontiac last week.
>
> Mike
> '86 red 16v ("Careful! I'm a bleeder!" - Jim Carey, "The Mask")
>
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