major oil leak

[450whpGSX]

ok so i woke up this morning and my dad told me my car was leaking oil so i went outside and saw some oil on the ground, i didnt even check anything although i should have. so im driving and my oil pressure light comes on. i pull over and there's oil all under the car going all the way to the muffler. i look under in the front and i see oil trinkling and i'm like what the #### happened? i limp my car home and lift the hood and i can see oil on the hood and all over the belts. i lifted the car with a jack and i can see oil dripping from the oil filter. it was a little loose so i tightened it and filled it up with oil since all of it leaked out. i started the car and then it started leaking like a mofo again! what broke?

 

[oldman]

ok so i woke up this morning and my dad told me my car was leaking oil so i went outside and saw some oil on the ground, i didnt even check anything although i should have. so im driving and my oil pressure light comes on. i pull over and there's oil all under the car going all the way to the muffler. i look under in the front and i see oil trinkling and i'm like what the #### happened? i limp my car home and lift the hood and i can see oil on the hood and all over the belts. i lifted the car with a jack and i can see oil dripping from the oil filter. it was a little loose so i tightened it and filled it up with oil since all of it leaked out. i started the car and then it started leaking like a mofo again! what broke?

Wipe everything nice and clean so you can see where it's originating. Don't drive the car anymore until you find the leak.

 

[450whpGSX]

after i had filled it back up with oil and started it it was shooting oil all over the place so its kinda har to tell where it originated.

 

[Greg Collier]

Like Oldman said, clean everything up then start your engine, preferably jacked up so you can see under your motor. Why is your oil filter loose? I blew my dip stick out once and blew oil all over the engine. Take your time and check every gasket area, if it's leaking big time you'll see it....

 

[450whpGSX]

this is what was leaking, i took off the oil filter then this little orange seal fell off. i think thats what it was.

 

[VBGSX]

That looks like the seal off the oil filter.
What filter were you using?
I have a guess but I'll keep it to myself for now...hahaha

 

[450whpGSX]

it was a NAPA oil filter. im thinkin thats what it was but there was also alot of oil pouring from behind the thing where the filter connects to it

 

[spooledu1st]

That is the o-ring seal between the cooler. You have to take the center nut out of the cooler and then replace that o-ring. You probably pinched it when you tightened it up.

 

[hellotbone]

The rubber O ring you see is the one which goes between the watercooler housing for the filter and the filter housing its self. I believe you need a 15/16 deep socket to fit that at least thats what we used light night in the oil filter housing nightmare (don't ask). Anyways get a new O ring and you should be good to go. Don't go driving around with oil leaking on the exhaust thats what happened to this car.

 

[Spoolin4Ever]

What all years have that type of gasket behind the oil cooler? Is it just 7 bolts with the honeycomb style cooler?

 

[92awddsm]

What all years have that type of gasket behind the oil cooler? Is it just 7 bolts with the honeycomb style cooler?

91-99, 6 bolt and 7 bolt. The only ones that were different were the 90 model and they had an external air cooled oil cooler.

 

[CanadianTSi]

What did the filter look like? was the gasket still intact on it?

It may have just been the gasket off the filter.