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DesertStar
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: San Diego, CA USA
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| M110 oil leak at filter area
Great, right when I get all the little things done and start to drive my G on a somewhat regular basis I now have a puddle in my garage after I erturn from a drive. I wiped all underneath down and identified the oil to be motor oil but cant see where coming from. I drive 15 miles to town and back,park and notice the trail of oil coming from where the oil filter housing meets the block...or so it appears. The puddle doesnt grow when parked so that narrows it down to an "under pressure" issue versus the infamous oil pan theory.
have any of you experienced anything similar and did you find it to be the oil lines to the filter housing or the housing to block gasket ?
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DUTCH
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| RE: M110 oil leak at filter area
Mike C - 5/7/2006 4:42 PM
Great, right when I get all the little things done and start to drive my G on a somewhat regular basis I now have a puddle in my garage after I erturn from a drive. I wiped all underneath down and identified the oil to be motor oil but cant see where coming from. I drive 15 miles to town and back,park and notice the trail of oil coming from where the oil filter housing meets the block...or so it appears. The puddle doesnt grow when parked so that narrows it down to an "under pressure" issue versus the infamous oil pan theory.
have any of you experienced anything similar and did you find it to be the oil lines to the filter housing or the housing to block gasket ?
Thanks, Mike
There's an O-ring between the cannister housing and the block. Did it get replaced when you changed the filter? |
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dai
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| Re: M110 oil leak at filter area
There is also a seal between the block and the housing. This leaking can make you crazy because it is hard to determine where it is coming from. This just happened to my friends 300GE and new seals there fixed the problem. The diesels can have the same thing happen. A pretty easy fix.
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DesertStar
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| RE: M110 oil leak at filter area
I havent changed the oil, so I cant answer whether it has the O ring...off to dig in, now that my engine has cooled down.
I will post results later...thanks.
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DesertStar
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| RE: M110 oil leak at filter area
Looks like the source is the filter housing to block gasket. It also appears there must have been a sale on silicone gasket material when they rebuilt the motor and it also appears there is no gasket here just silicone.
mike
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