1997 Pontiac Sunfire "escape oil leak around filter" Questions

...escape when the fittings are loosened. Remove the fuel filter from the retaining bracket. To install: Before installing a new filter, apply a few drops of clean engine oil to the male tube end of the ...

oil filter. Filter was changed and tightened. Still leaks when car is driven. does not appear to leak while idleing. Might have to take the filter off wipe the O-ring thats on the filter clean and the

oil leak on top of the oil filter If its oil dripping onto the oil filter check around the valve cover.

...Escape is using oil @80K miles. Ford Dealer 1 quart every 900 mile is o.k. What could be the problem? Does not smoke. Valve seals? which they say is not common. Engine needs an oil treatment. Rings ...

...leak. Oil loss is the leaking of oil to the outside from around gaskets and seals, and underhood smoking is most likely due to oil escaping from around the valve covers. This oil then drips onto the ...

escape path for pcv failure. It's a bad pcv /oil separator it has a Reed valve gets hard and breaks or quits working. Replace that by taking the upper intake off to get to it behind the engine back by

...escape mechanism, the gasketed joints would leak (as they "found their own way out"); also, if the gases remained in the crankcase and condensed, the oil would become diluted and chemically degraded ...

...escape when the fittings are loosened. Remove the fuel filter from the retaining bracket. To install: Before installing a new filter, apply a few drops of clean engine oil to the male tube end of the ...

...oil, and flush out the cooling system. Estimated time? For a tech.. probably 2 hours. For a Shadetree mechanic? Probably 4 to 5 hours. Good luck! YOU HAVE INTAKE GASKET LEAK.COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM ...

leak at the oil filter housing gasket, this is common and expensive issue to repair at a shop. I replaced the gasket myself when I did other work on the radiator, water pump (engine cooling sys).