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old rubber gasket stuck to block or to much oil pressure regulated by spring above oil filter
Filter not tight, hole in filter,....
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Headgasket!
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Could you have a oil leak from the starter hitting the oil filter on 85 Cadillac Seville?
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Would a over tighten oil filter cause a leak?
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What causes oil leak around the oil filter on a 1996 Ford Mustang?
I am having the same issue, but more violent. Oil sprays out. Replace filter, add new oil, start car, filter seal breaks and proceeds to spray all the oil out again. What would cause that much presure?
