Posted By: Jjs72D
Oil leak:360 4 barrel. EDIT: I think I fixed it !! - 01/29/17 04:39 AM
Hey everyone, I'm having a little trouble tracking an oil leak in my Duster.
The engine is a 1979 360 4 barrel. It was cleaned and painted before we installed it. The engine has developed an oil leak at the oil filter area. When running, there is oil streaming off of the filter and onto the exhaust pipe. It will also leak after the engine is shut off. Looking at it, it just seems like oil is getting past the gasket on the filter. The engine is clean enough to see where the oil is coming from.
I tried using another filter, thinking that maybe the rubber gasket was damaged in the first filter. The leak persisted. My Brother in Law thought maybe the oil filter plate wasn't seated properly so I pulled it and replaced the gasket. Still leaked. I tried a different oil filter plate and again, it still leaked. I have seen those 90 degree oil filter adapters that mount using that fat hollow bolt. Those use a round gasket somewhere so I wondered if that round gasket is (In the case of a traditional setup) supposed to go in between the block and oil filter plate.
Anyhow, as it sits this moment, it has a different oil filter plate with a new gasket, the threaded fastener is tightened down nicely and the leak seems to have stopped. I am concerned because this leak just started without any known reason and then stopped in almost the same demonic logic.I am wondering if anyone had this happen before and what I can do to prevent it from occurring again. Thanks, Jeff.
The engine is a 1979 360 4 barrel. It was cleaned and painted before we installed it. The engine has developed an oil leak at the oil filter area. When running, there is oil streaming off of the filter and onto the exhaust pipe. It will also leak after the engine is shut off. Looking at it, it just seems like oil is getting past the gasket on the filter. The engine is clean enough to see where the oil is coming from.
I tried using another filter, thinking that maybe the rubber gasket was damaged in the first filter. The leak persisted. My Brother in Law thought maybe the oil filter plate wasn't seated properly so I pulled it and replaced the gasket. Still leaked. I tried a different oil filter plate and again, it still leaked. I have seen those 90 degree oil filter adapters that mount using that fat hollow bolt. Those use a round gasket somewhere so I wondered if that round gasket is (In the case of a traditional setup) supposed to go in between the block and oil filter plate.
Anyhow, as it sits this moment, it has a different oil filter plate with a new gasket, the threaded fastener is tightened down nicely and the leak seems to have stopped. I am concerned because this leak just started without any known reason and then stopped in almost the same demonic logic.I am wondering if anyone had this happen before and what I can do to prevent it from occurring again. Thanks, Jeff.