Oil and filters...

[txrocco at sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

I dunno, I have used Fram, Stp, Bosh and Mann filters at one time or another
and never had this being an issue, the rubber seal fails, its just a fact of
life like your oil pump will fail, your cv joint will blow, your radiator will
get clogged at one time or another... 


--- Mike Smith <smithma7@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've been using the Fram 2870A for the last 5 months (oil changed once/month)
> and have had no problems until now.  Would this be a cause?
> 
> John Lagnese <jlagnese@massed.net> wrote:What type of filter did you use? I
> use only Mann or VW filters. With tohers
> the oil pressure blows out the seal and the oil comes right out!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Smith" 
> To: "car" 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:48 PM
> Subject: RE: Oil and filters...
> 
> 
> > I was doing about 50+. When I popped the hood, there was no smoke coming
> out... therefor, my guess that it was just oil burning on hot surfaces
> (exhaust). When driving slow, amount of blue smoke was less. To make
> clear, it wasn't a dense cloud. In fact, my initial thought was "I need to
> clean my rear window" as it was very faint. If it wasn't from knowing I
> blow no smoke out of my exhaust and having good vision (20/20), I don't
> think I would have noticed anything wrong. And it's not spewing when not
> running. Only a slow drip when off. When I pulled over and popped the
> hood, there was no oil visible from above the engine. Only saw it when I
> looked under car. When I get home, I'll have to put it up on the ramps and
> check underneath to see how bad it really is. My first mission is to redo
> the filter (with new filter) with the new wrench and see if it still leaks.
> If so, then it's not the filter. Hopefully (pray pray pray), it's just the
> filter.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Mark 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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