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When I start my car oil pours out of a small hole in the filter housing. Its really bad, I put 2 quarts in drove around the block and its dry again. Has anyone had this probelm before?
 

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it sprays out from between your oil fiter and the housing? check to make sure that there's not the old gasket stuck on the housing.

or is it an actual hole?
 
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Doubled up gaskets or hole in body of filter. Either way you need to take the filter off.
 

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Stang|ess said:
it sprays out from between your oil fiter and the housing? check to make sure that there's not the old gasket stuck on the housing.

or is it an actual hole?
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Kilgore Trout said:
Doubled up gaskets or hole in body of filter. Either way you need to take the filter off.
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i agree with both post its a not unheard of to double gasket the oil filter
 

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getting tobe a common problem. could be the filter to block gasket, or the filter housing or the ehgine oil cooler (if equiped) over a period of time electrloysis cause the 2 metals to corrode, esp if one does not change there coolant often enough. on cars that are equiped wth the engine oil cooler there is a small "bleed" hole in the housing which is suppose to leak when trouble arises.
 
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RandyStinchcomb said:
getting tobe a common problem. could be the filter to block gasket, or the filter housing or the ehgine oil cooler (if equiped) over a period of time electrloysis cause the 2 metals to corrode, esp if one does not change there coolant often enough. on cars that are equiped wth the engine oil cooler there is a small "bleed" hole in the housing which is suppose to leak when trouble arises.
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I put some JB Weld on the hole to drive temporarily, do you think that would be safe? Do I need to buy a whole new oil filter housing or is there a cheaper way to fix it?
 

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plugging that "bleed" hole(if thats where the leak is comming from) might NOT be a good idea and cause more problems. there will be NO cheap way to fix this, if it is the oil filter housing, thats @$160.00 and if it the oil cooler, @$200.00
 

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Is it coming out around the filter somewhere or do you see a hole with oil squirting out? Clean the area good with a rag (& brakekleen if you have some) then observe. If it's near the filter, it could be as most people have mentioned with the gaskets. I have actually seen a filter that was brand new with NO gasket.
 

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RandyStinchcomb said:
getting tobe a common problem. could be the filter to block gasket, or the filter housing or the ehgine oil cooler (if equiped) over a period of time electrloysis cause the 2 metals to corrode, esp if one does not change there coolant often enough. on cars that are equiped wth the engine oil cooler there is a small "bleed" hole in the housing which is suppose to leak when trouble arises.
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Yeah it is getting somewhat common, mine went on my 01 it just cracked one day and started seeping..

Kilgore Trout said:
Doubled up gaskets or hole in body of filter. Either way you need to take the filter off.
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Check for these easy fixes first.. If it's not one of those swapping the filter adapter/oil cooler is easy to do.
 
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DTNODYA said:
Is it coming out around the filter somewhere or do you see a hole with oil squirting out? Clean the area good with a rag (& brakekleen if you have some) then observe. If it's near the filter, it could be as most people have mentioned with the gaskets. I have actually seen a filter that was brand new with NO gasket.
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Its squirting from the hole on the far end away from the filter. I put Jb Weld on the hole to plug it and I took a drive and theres a rotten egg smell coming from the exhaust now.
 
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svttech76 said:
Yeah it is getting somewhat common, mine went on my 01 it just cracked one day and started seeping..



Check for these easy fixes first.. If it's not one of those swapping the filter adapter/oil cooler is easy to do.
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Is this the part I need?http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OEM-Ford-Mu...ryZ33661QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
 

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98gtr said:
Is this the part I need?http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OEM-Ford-Mu...ryZ33661QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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thats for a non-oil cooler equipt car, does your's look like that or is there a @3" metal spacer(oil cooler) in between your housing and the filter?
 
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It has the spacing between the filter. Thats the part with the weep hole that is squirting the oil out when i start the car.
 

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98gtr said:
It has the spacing between the filter. Thats the part with the weep hole that is squirting the oil out when i start the car.
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well thats the engine oil cooler and its prob rotted-out. now there are 2 O-rings between the oil cooler and the housing on the block, you could try and replace them first and see if that helps.
if not you'll still have 2 options. keep the oil cooler set-up(buy another one) or get the non oil cooler adapter on the block and just delete it.
 
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RandyStinchcomb said:
well thats the engine oil cooler and its prob rotted-out. now there are 2 O-rings between the oil cooler and the housing on the block, you could try and replace them first and see if that helps.
if not you'll still have 2 options. keep the oil cooler set-up(buy another one) or get the non oil cooler adapter on the block and just delete it.
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Thanks, I'll give that a try. Do you know where I can get a cooler for $200? Ford told me $280.
 

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98gtr said:
Thanks, I'll give that a try. Do you know where I can get a cooler for $200? Ford told me $280.
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yeah, see my sig
 

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98gtr said:
Thanks, I'll give that a try. Do you know where I can get a cooler for $200? Ford told me $280.
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Yeah you already have been talking to the guy that can help you.. randy is a parts manager at a ford dealer, I bet he will be more than happy to help you out..
 

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Yeah you already have been talking to the guy that can help you.. randy is a parts manager at a ford dealer, I bet he will be more than happy to help you out..
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thanks Mike
 

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svttech76 said:
Yeah it is getting somewhat common, mine went on my 01 it just cracked one day and started seeping..



What cracked? the oil filter housing? because the bottom of my car is covered in oil and I have never been able to find the damn leak. but its always around the filter. Covers the steering rack in oil.
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Got it back today. Turned out the the shaft was lose and needed to be tightened down. Chalk it up as a lesson learned, cost me $163. Well, at least I got the o-rings replaced and my coolant and oil changed with it.
 
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