Will F Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 After finding a surprising amount of oil under the engine and my TD5 marking its territory slightly more often and quickly than before I traced the oil coming from my oil filter. When I gave it a clean with a rag I found that the filter was actualy loose Not easy to get to so I just hand tightened as best I could. I have never heard of an oil filter working itself loose so I presume it was not put back properly. (about 3 months back). 2 questions: How tight should it actualy be? Should I replace this filter? It has also solved my starting problem as I found the contacts on my starter motor drenched with oil. Occasionaly when starting it was as if the bendix was not spinning fast enough - as in low battery power or loose battery connection. Is there any other contamination I should be worried about? rgrds, Will F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromit Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 It should just be hand tight. if it works loose again or continues to leak, I'd suspect the O ring is missing or damaged. In this case, I'd change the filter, otherwise leave it till the next service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will F Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 THanks Gromit. I have since pick up a few threads complaining of oil filters with a new o-ring material that tend to work loose. Word out is that Nytrile rubber was not used for the manufacture of the filter seal, this will cause a shrinking of the seal after a number of heat cycles. Wonder if anyone else has come accross this? rgrds, Will F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I'd suspect the O ring is missing or damaged. Or..... it's quite easy to leave the old o-ring in place and have two instead of one -this leaks quite well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwc Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 TD5 oil filters are hard to get tight by hand as its hard to get at it The thing to do is retighten it again the next day David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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