oil leak figured out

so when i put the tired 318 ( just to get a v-8 in it) i knew it was a short timer and was tired and used some oil. Well it was terrible and leaked ( under load)all over the header and smoked behind the car and in it as well at times. it did not always do it and was not always that bad. I did not spend a ton of time on it as i knew i was only in there for the one summer coming out for this year.

At one time i thought it was the oil filter but my buddy was like its the oil pan gasket so i changed it with no real change in the problem but i was close to putting it up for the winter so did not mess with it much more. well now in the process of getting it ready for the new motor i been messing with it a lot the last couple weeks and saw something that i looked closer at and bingo oil leak fixed and it was simple cheap fix.

the rubber gasket on the filter was to thin and when turned on ( i only go hand tight) the gasket was totally compressing inside the groove on the filter and under load it was sometimes pissing out between the motor and filter. i went to the parts store compared them and put on a new one and bingo no more leak.

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