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Title: A NEW FRIGGEN PROBLEM!!!
Post by: KYGS500E on September 26, 2005, 06:36:52 PM
ok... I figured out my oil light problem... it was my oil filter (on backwards... doh!!!)!!!  When I flipped it around and put the cover on the light went off but it started to spew oil from between the filter cover and the filter housing!  Why??? Why??? oh why me!!!
Title: A NEW FRIGGEN PROBLEM!!!
Post by: davipu on September 26, 2005, 07:34:25 PM
there's a O-ring that goes there.
Title: A NEW FRIGGEN PROBLEM!!!
Post by: my00forest on September 26, 2005, 07:46:46 PM
i had my o ring pinched just a little and it caused it to leak. since i've gotten a new o- ring they're only like $4 and well worth replacing if your looks worn out
Title: Re: A NEW FRIGGEN PROBLEM!!!
Post by: scottpA_GS on September 26, 2005, 08:23:25 PM
Quote from: KYGS500Eok... I figured out my oil light problem... it was my oil filter (on backwards... doh!!!)!!!  

Dude..... :?


HOW???? Backwards? I dont understand how you could do that? what do you mean?  :?
Title: A NEW FRIGGEN PROBLEM!!!
Post by: my00forest on September 26, 2005, 08:35:08 PM
thats what i was thinking to. he must have had to force a hole in th wrong side to get it around the little nipple thing it fits around (sorry about the technical talk) it kinda only fits one way and the cap probably wouldn't go back on causing the leak and no oil was going anywhere also.
Title: I'm retarded
Post by: KYGS500E on September 26, 2005, 09:17:47 PM
yeah... I know...

I was just trying to fix the roto girder... uh...I'm retarded (tommy boy voice)...
Title: I'm retarded
Post by: KYGS500E on September 26, 2005, 09:18:47 PM
yeah... I know...

I was just trying to fix the roto girder... uh...I'm retarded (tommy boy voice)...
Title: A NEW FRIGGEN PROBLEM!!!
Post by: RedShift on September 27, 2005, 03:26:48 AM
If you want a good seal for the oil cover, put a bit of lithium grease in the groove that the seal ring fits in.  

Don't overdo it, but enough to gush out a bit with the ring in, holding the ring in place and help make the seal.  Oh, and make the cap nuts snug, not too tight.  Let the grease do the job.
Title: A NEW FRIGGEN PROBLEM!!!
Post by: my00forest on September 27, 2005, 07:45:34 PM
i did that same thing with the lithium grease but instead i used some halomar gasket goo in that groove and it worked great