Canister Oil Filter Leak

[travyoung]

I just performed my first oil change in my 1979 Series III Petrol, with the original canister style oil filter, and when I go to start it back up it is leaking heavily from the canister. I removed the old gasket and installed the new so that isn't it. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Any instruction would be greatly appreciated.

[travyoung]

Got it figured out after all.

[cnfowler]

Post what the problem was in case someone else has the same issue. This thread as it stands now provides zero help.


Colin

[cedryck]

Make sure the old gasket is removed,

[Les Parker]

Also, was it leaking before you replaced the Oil Filter. This could indicate that a previous oil change did not include removing the old O ring. It's been known for 2 or 3 O rings to be in place, thus a good seal is not achieved.