Constantine N. Polites wrote:
On the 350 sdl, the oil filter housing has a large o ring. This is
changed with every oil change.
The new cross section (diameter) is 4 mm. This changes after 2,000
miles and becomes 3.5mm
Problem: the last few o rings leak. The nuts are torqued to 23nm
each.
A long time ago, 8 years or so, had a major oil leak on the housing
the garage had it towed and found out the o-ring did not seat properly,
a defect installed another o-ring and many miles of happy driving .
Bill
1981 300 TD
Jim Cathey wrote:
Problem: the last few o rings leak
Problem: the last few o rings leak. The nuts are torqued to 23nm
each. No change in the quality
of oil from before the leak to after the leaks began. The housing has
not been damaged or bent.
Any chance there's another old hard flat O-ring mashed up in there?
-- Jim
On Mar 9, 2006, at 11:36 PM, Constantine N. Polites wrote:
On the 350 sdl, the oil filter housing has a large o ring. This is
changed with every oil change.
The new cross section (diameter) is 4 mm. This changes after 2,000
miles and becomes 3.5mm
Problem: the last few o rings leak. The nut
On the 350 sdl, the oil filter housing has a large o ring. This is
changed with every oil change.
The new cross section (diameter) is 4 mm. This changes after 2,000
miles and becomes 3.5mm
Problem: the last few o rings leak. The nuts are torqued to 23nm
each. No change in the quality
of oil
