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dripping oil filter
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:58 pm
by cliff
changed the oil and filter recently and now i have a small oil drip coming from the end of the filter retaining bolt.
i think the leak is coming through the rubber seal in the bottom of the filter outer case where the bolt goes through - is this part available?
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:21 am
by bmcecosse
You may have to make your own. Try tightening it - slightly!
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:28 am
by Kevin
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:43 am
by cliff
cheers chaps
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:03 pm
by minor_hickup
Mine used to drip, but I packed a bit of grease behind it before re fitting and it seems to have solved it.
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:41 pm
by bmcecosse
Box of very useful rubber washers etc in Poundland has a selection of all shapes and sizes - intended for sealing leaking taps and so on - but has many other uses. Well worth the Pound!! Very well may have something to suit - certainly worth having on the shelf for emergencies - both auto and domestic.
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:55 pm
by rayofleamington
or for making flat rubber washers in an emergency - try an inner tube, but you'll need to get a piece that doesn't have ribs on it.
A cut up inner tube, a few pieces of gasket paper, some hose clips and a bit of steel pipe (wrapped with tape if a bigger diameter is needed) and if all else fails - some chemical metal! That would cure nearly all emergency leak problems