At 9:54 PM -0500 2/13/2000, Paula Lazeski wrote: > People, My friend Russel, seems to be having problems with an oil leak from around his filter. 86 Westf, does anyone else have this? Tell me something. He seems to think that it's coming not from between the filter and where it's seated, but between the case and what the filter goes on.
I think the 86 2.1 has an oil cooler (this may be optional) at the filter location. If it does, they can loosen a bit and leak. Just tighten it up and see if that fixes it, although it may be adviseable to remove the filter and cooler to clean up & reoil the sealing surfaces.
FWIW- Another leak point that <italic>looks</italic> like the oil filter leaking is the distributor seal. It's an o-ring that blocks oil from pushing out past the distributor shaft. That's real easy to fix. When I replaced mine, I <underline>chipped</underline> it off (I guess it had crystalized from age and oil exposure) and put the new one on. Another common leak point is the oil breather tower. It has an o-ring as well that ages and starts to leak. After I replaced both of these o-rings, Vinnie is dry as a bone now. No leaks here. TBD has the seal. It's not a regular o-ring though, in cross section it's sorta ellipse in shape not regular old round. Hope that helps,
Dave C. Williamsburg, VA zzzzzzzzzz__ |E[__] [__]|[_]\\ | _DC&SP | _ || * * * =-( )---------( )--= '85 GL Westy (His) '91 Cabriolet (Hers) |
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