Oil and filters...

[jlagnese at massed.net (John Lagnese)]

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" <smithma7@yahoo.com>
To: "car" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
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 <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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