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Help do i have filter leak ?
« on: January 02, 2024, 04:26:30 pm »

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Re: Help do i have filter leak ?
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2024, 05:48:30 pm »
Certainly looks like you may have!

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Re: Help do i have filter leak ?
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2024, 06:02:26 pm »
I mean looks pretty wet to me.
Just do an oil n filter change.
Make sure you change the housing seal!!!! (Cant stress that enough haha)
clean It all off and run it. Check it after a day you'll soon find out but I'd hazard you deffo do have a filter leak 

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Re: Help do i have filter leak ?
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2024, 09:06:16 pm »
seal not seated when installed?

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Re: Help do i have filter leak ?
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2024, 05:19:59 am »
seal not seated when installed?
I changed oil about year ago everything was okey but past days it starts leaking oil

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Re: Help do i have filter leak ?
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2024, 05:21:28 am »
I mean looks pretty wet to me.
Just do an oil n filter change.
Make sure you change the housing seal!!!! (Cant stress that enough haha)
clean It all off and run it. Check it after a day you'll soon find out but I'd hazard you deffo do have a filter leak 

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I thought it was coolent because of red marks on black filter you can see in photo

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Re: Help do i have filter leak ?
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2024, 04:38:22 pm »
Looks like one or more oil filter housing seals have failed and leaking oil and coolant.  The housing to engine block seal that is, not the filter O ring.

The seals I'm referring to can be seen in this pic - https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/1016963725

They go hard and flat over time.


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Re: Help do i have filter leak ?
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2024, 05:20:09 pm »
Looks like one or more oil filter housing seals have failed and leaking oil and coolant.  The housing to engine block seal that is, not the filter O ring.

The seals I'm referring to can be seen in this pic - https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/1016963725

They go hard and flat over time.
ok thanks in 2 days i will show my car to my mechanic

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Re: Help do i have filter leak ?
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2024, 06:37:28 pm »
I was going to post, but pudding nailed it.
You might consider replacing the whole 'oil filter housing assembly' w/pn:06F 115 397 K
The assembly comes "with" new seals, and the primary oil separator atop of the assembly will be free of any carbon buildup.
The bolt torque for 'assembly-to-block' and 'oil cooler-to-assembly' are both 15Nm (11 lb*ft).
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Re: Help do i have filter leak ?
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2024, 03:11:23 pm »
I was going to post, but pudding nailed it.
You might consider replacing the whole 'oil filter housing assembly' w/pn:06F 115 397 K
The assembly comes "with" new seals, and the primary oil separator atop of the assembly will be free of any carbon buildup.
The bolt torque for 'assembly-to-block' and 'oil cooler-to-assembly' are both 15Nm (11 lb*ft).

Yeah that is what I would do personally.  The plastics on German engines don't age well!


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