1st Gen R50 Cooper Most liked posts in thread: Oil leak from oil filter housing? Cooper 2005

  1. Minidave

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    #2 Minidave, Feb 12, 2013
    Are you sure it was engine oil? Did you pull the dipstick?

    This car has a liquid filled motor mount on the right side, and sometimes they rupture, leaving a big ol puddle of what looks like engine oil on the ground.
     
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    #5 SpR, Nov 27, 2013
    I just changed the oil, im praying it remains dry. This has been the best running car ive ever owned
     
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    #7 Crashton, Nov 27, 2013
    Lube those O-rings when you install them & change them with every filter change. I have seen a few so old that they had turned hard like plastic.
     
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    #3 BlimeyCabrio, Feb 12, 2013
    ^THIS

    The most likely spontaneous fluid event, not immediately following an oil filter change.
     
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    #4 SpR, Nov 27, 2013
    My car had a leak the other day. I was told it was a bad o ring on the filter.
     
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    #6 walshe_ian, Nov 27, 2013
    My new o ring broke on me the other day stuck the old one back on sorted :)