Oil leak

[SamE30e]

Hey,

My engine was dripping a little bit of oil from behind the oil filter cartridge so I thought one of the bolts had come loose, so I tightened it a little bit and now it's pissing out from behind it.

What's the deal? Are the seals gone?


Sam

[SamE30e]

#11 is gone?

[surebimmer]

i would say seal #11 is leaking. See it all day at work.

[PiercedE30]

Yup. #11 is a VERY common problem.

[SamE30e]

Ughhhh. Well Might as well replace my rad and move my brake booster while I'm doing that shit.

[SamE30e]

Alright, so I changed the gasket, start the car back up and BAM starts leaking again, determined that this part is leaking



Why would it leak? Is there a seal behind it?

Also my oil filter stand looks different then the one I posted above, whats the deal?

[hoveringuy]

See here...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=121292

[BenM]

I just snapped this picture of my housing at work:



Mine has a completely different bolt than yours, maybe someone replaced it with what you have now. Maybe try to find a seal that fits behind the washer, then find a larger washer?

Edit- buy hoverguy's. they are nice.

[hoveringuy]

I just snapped this picture of my housing at work:



Mine has a completely different bolt than yours, maybe someone replaced it with what you have now. Maybe try to find a seal that fits behind the washer, then find a larger washer?

Later cars don't have the galley plug with the O-ring and circlip. I don't know when the new design started. M52's?

[BenM]

Later cars don't have the galley plug with the O-ring and circlip. I don't know when the new design started. M52's?

Ah ok, kind of figured that was the case. I think it was the M50TU in 1993, since SamE30e has a a NV-M50 (1992). This was taken off of a '95 525iT (M50TU) motor.

[SamE30e]

Wait, so which filter housing do I have?

[SamE30e]

http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=121292

Guess that guy solved it.

[dude8383]

Sorry to bump this, but I have the same leak and I just changed that friggin gasket!!!

Any tips on installing this bloody thing?

[RedTRex]

Weird .... I have a 92 N/V M50 and mine looks exactly like this RealOEM picture......

#11 is a very common leak source from what I hear as well.

#11 is gone?

[dude8383]

I understand that much, are there any tricks to getting these fuckers to stop leaking. My driveway is getting abused!!