Oil and filters... [UPDATE]

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

Mike,
I belive if you do a search on this Ron Pieper or another lister recently=
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had this happen to them. I believe it was a bad oil pump (=20
overpressurization )..
Search the archives...
brian


On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Mike Smith wrote:

> Okey.  Got home and drove it up on the ramps.  Got underneath.  Saw some =
dripping but couldn't figure out where it was coming from as it was drippin=
g from bottom of oil pan.  (BTW, if head gasket blows, then you get coolant=
/oil mixture, correct?  This is straight oil, so no blown gasket.  Phew!)  =
So I started it back up and crawled underneath again.  This time, there's a=
 stream about a quarter inch thick pouring down.  I grab the flashlight and=
 move the hoses and there it is, streaming down from above the filter housi=
ng.
> =20
> What's the culprit?  Gasket?  Hole?  Hose?  It was too tight for me to re=
ally get a look at where it was actually coming from.  But, if you laid dow=
n under your car with your feet pointing straight out, I can tell you it's =
coming from the backside (faces oilpan), about a quarter of the way from th=
e right (passenger side).  Any ideas?  I'm going to consult the Bentley aft=
er sending this, but would appreciate any and all educated guesses and non-=
guesses ("I know exactly what it is" type answers).
> =20
> Please get back ASAP as I need this thing road worthy ASAP.  I drove the =
POS today and can do it again, however, it's not insured and I don't like t=
aking chances with DC's traffic.  Also the wipers on the POS don't work and=
 if it rains, I'll have more issues.
> =20
> Thanks,
> Mike
> '86 red 16v (The Bleeder)
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> C Boyko <roccit_53@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Works fine if youhave strng hands, which I don't, so I use the dreaded=20
> rubber strap wrench. Seems to work fine. But there are SO many other plac=
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> for oil to come out. Cathy
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> >From: "Jeff Toomasson"=20
> >To: "car"=20
> >Subject: Re: Oil and filters...
> >Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:11:51 -0700
> >
> >I'd been told early on that all you need to do is hand-tighten the filte=
r
> >until you can't tighten it further (always lube the threads and seal wit=
h
> >clean oil). I've _never_ had a failure using this method. So I doubt thi=
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> >is
> >your problem....AFA what it _is_ , I'm not sure from your description.
> >
> >HTH, JT
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mike Smith"=20
> >To: "car"=20
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:44 AM
> >Subject: Oil and filters...
> >
> >
> > > Pardon my naiveness, although I have learned a lot from the list, whe=
n
> >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 clo=
ud
> >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=
=2E
> >But when everyone else had turned off the road and it was just me, it wa=
s
> >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=20
> >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 th=
ere
> >anything wrong with over-tightening the filter?
> > >
> > > BTW, I got it home with no issues and parked it. I will be looking at=
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> >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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