please, please help!, oil filter/oil change problem Options

[shaggy]

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so i decided to change my oil.
the car was running fine, very strong, before i attempted anything

i got an oil filter cap wrench and a strap wrench to get it out.

i got the old filter out and replaced it with a bosch 3402
i tightened it well, maybe too well.
filled it with oil to max line, no more.

then i started it and i found my oil light to be on so i shut it down.
i checked my oil and it was reading empty. what the hell? i just filled it!
so i look under the car... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) ...and find that the car had puked all of the oil out from somwhere around the oil filter.

so i take the filter out and put a new one in and fill it again.

i didnt start it right away i changed my brake pads and went and got more brake fluid and fast orange(that stuff is the work of god)

so then i started it again and it puked all the oil out again (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)
oil came out from the same general area. all of it...
again it was a bosch 3402

so what is going on?
did i break anything?
is the bosch 3402 the correct oil filter?
did i break or lose a seal?
how can i fix my car so that it will run, for the first time in about a week?

please please if anyone has any information please help.

id like to have it running for tomorrow night so i can go on a date with my girlfriend in the 72 914 as opposed to the lincon continental(the boat that dosent handle at all)

anyone have any ideas?

[scruz914]

QUOTE (Cap'n Krusty @ Oct 31 2005, 08:39 AM)

Put some oil in it, jack the thing up, and have someone crank it over (coil point wire unplugged) while you actually LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE!

I agree with the Cap'n. You should be able to detect where the oil is coming from by cranking the engine over. You should also double check the seat on the oil filter housing. I have seen old o-rings still attached that look like they are part of the housing. Make sure the old o-ring is on the old filter, but check the housing anyway. You should really try and find out the source of the leak before going to the trouble of removing the oil housing, fan shroud, or engine. Once you remove any of those things it becomes more diffcult to find the source of a leak. From your description of the problem it sounds like the oil light went on immediately. This indicates that there is no pressure from the start and a fairly big gap in the oil system. There is something about the first time you change the oil on a different car that you are pretty much guaranteed to have at least one problem.

Since the weekend has come and gone you must have taken the Lincoln on your date. Although I can appreciate why you would want to drive the 914 on a date, my preference would be the Lincoln. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

-Jeff