by pat_racer on April 9th, 2007

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The seal around the oil filter blew out, oil everywhere, replaced with new filter and refilled oil, started car, oil filter rubber gasket blew out again. where do I start looking for the trouble?

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by Metaphiz on April 9th, 2007
You might want to check your manual and make sure you're not putting too much oil in your car. That's what it sounds like.

If that's not it, then something is causing your oil pressure to be way too high, or the filter was not installed properly.
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by Metaphiz on April 9th, 2007
Forget my last answer.

After thinking about it a little, I think I might know what your problem is. If you had just changed the oil before the last blow out, it could be that you forgot to make sure that the old seal wasn't still stuck up there. If so, the new one wasn't doing you any good, and the pressure around the old one blew it out.

If it just happened (ie. you didn't just change the oil) then you probably have a bad oil pump. Sometimes the bipass will get clogged and cause it blow the seal, as well.

Hope it's the first senario. Changing that pump can be a bugger.
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- This is not a fresh oil change for the first blow out. The car is a '89 Porsche 944. The car was driving fine with good oil pressure. I am afraid it may be the oil pump. Thanks for the answer.
  
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  by pat_racer on April 9th, 2007
- Bummer. That's probably what it is though. Sorry for the bad news.
  
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by pat_racer on April 10th, 2007
The problem ended up being the oil filter was not on tight enough. Due to the high pressure the Porsche 944 runs, the specs require 14 ftlbs of torque on the filter to prevent the oil from escaping. This is much more than the torque on most cars. Thats what I get for making an assumption on how much to tighten the filter.
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- Amazing how reading the manual leads to all of those interesting facts...
  
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  by geek860 on April 10th, 2007
- I just bought the car with 88,000 miles on it. The manual was not included with the car. I went to ALLDATADIY.com and subscribed for information on the car. It had all the critical information. The original oil filter was a Bosch which is installed by Porsche dealers. That was the first one to blow out. Talked to a Porsche tech and that is how the answer was determined. Now to see if there is damage from running for a short time with no oil :-(
  
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  by pat_racer on April 10th, 2007
- Interesting story. Usually when you buy a vehicle though the manual is included (new or used). That's what I'm used to anyways. If the engine was running less than 30 seconds and below 3000rpm with the oil problem then it should be OK.
  
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