Saturday,
I received my spin-on oil filter adapter and installed it Saturday. Took my time and made sure that there were no old squared-off O-ring bits left in the seat. I also took the time to clean up the area so that I didn't get grimey oil over anything that got within arms reach.All in all, it went in really easy. Everything was nice and snug and I was pretty pleased with my self. And then I started the MG. Now that's a new sound "squish.....squish....squish". I shut it down and got out to investigate, I must have lost 2 quarts of oil all over my garage floor. More that the oil drip pan could handle. I'll spare the rest of the details but it involved the rest of the kitty litter, and a trip to the local auto parts store for a big bag of absorbent. All in the warmest day we've had this year.
Sunday morning,
Jacked the car back up to pull it all apart and figure out what I messed up. Nice thing about cleaning up all around the oil filter yesterday, as it quickly becomes apparent that neither the oil filter or the adapter were the cause of the oil gusher. I confirmed this by taking a clean rag and wiping it around the filter base. I looked around the rest of the engine to see if I could locate the source of the flood in my garage and without restarting my engine, I've been unable to locate the source. So here's the big question, with a new adapter and filter in place, what would cause a leak like this and where?