Oil leaking from filter

ixion · 04-17-2009, 05:22 PM

Maybe I can get some input on my issue I'm having. Ok so my Civic Si only has 11,000 miles on it. I take it in for an oil change and when I get it back it's leaking... Not bad but a couple drops after I turn off my car. I brought it back to the shop that changed the oil and they said it's leaking from the filter. So they replace it with another brand new filter. They said it was probably a faulty filter. So it's been a week and it's still leaving a couple drops of oil every time I park. Did I get another faulty filter? Seems unlikely. They use napa oil filters so they aren't bad quality. If it's leaking from the filter... but the filter is replace and it's still leaking, and if the filter is fine.. what else could it be?

quickfit · 04-17-2009, 05:22 PM

check for a seal that was left behind from the original filter. you could have them doubled up and not letting it seat correctly.

Kamuna2003@yahoo.com · 04-17-2009, 05:46 PM

On the Si's the filter is located in a bad spot. If the shop did not clean up after the oil and filter change then I bet there is alot of oil stuck around the sub-frame. This is common. To fix it all you need is some simple green and a water hose. Spray the simple green on and around your oil filter and anything under your oil filter. Let is sit for minute and then rinse it off. This should fix it. Everytime I change my oil, I have to perform this procedure. I thought the same thing when this happened to me. Next time just have the shop you take it to clean it up good.

***obert*** · 04-17-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Kamuna2003@yahoo.com

On the Si's the filter is located in a bad spot. If the shop did not clean up after the oil and filter change then I bet there is alot of oil stuck around the sub-frame. This is common. To fix it all you need is some simple green and a water hose. Spray the simple green on and around your oil filter and anything under your oil filter. Let is sit for minute and then rinse it off. This should fix it. Everytime I change my oil, I have to perform this procedure. I thought the same thing when this happened to me. Next time just have the shop you take it to clean it up good.

I spray the crap out of it with brake clean to get all the oil off the car. Or it will drip after your done.

***galaxygrey13*** · 04-17-2009, 06:13 PM

I just wipe it with a rag.

Kidekat · 04-18-2009, 05:12 PM

Simple green and a garden hose throughly. Check again to see if it comes back.

qtmac_mien · 04-18-2009, 05:15 PM

ya most shop wont bother cleanin the oil off after they take off the filter..ive done so many SI's at work and still cant master not gettin oil everywhere even wit the oil deflector honda make specific for the Si's

killsw1tch · 04-19-2009, 10:34 AM

put a plastic sandwich bag around your filter as you unscrew it. It will catch all the oil if you do it right.

ixion · 04-22-2009, 10:19 AM

Thanks for the info.. It seems to have stopped so hopefully thats all it was.

04-17-2009, 05:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
ixion Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 41 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Oil leaking from filter Maybe I can get some input on my issue I'm having. Ok so my Civic Si only has 11,000 miles on it. I take it in for an oil change and when I get it back it's leaking... Not bad but a couple drops after I turn off my car. I brought it back to the shop that changed the oil and they said it's leaking from the filter. So they replace it with another brand new filter. They said it was probably a faulty filter. So it's been a week and it's still leaving a couple drops of oil every time I park. Did I get another faulty filter? Seems unlikely. They use napa oil filters so they aren't bad quality. If it's leaking from the filter... but the filter is replace and it's still leaking, and if the filter is fine.. what else could it be?

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04-17-2009, 05:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
quickfit Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NY Posts: 10,629 Resident asshat iTrader: 0 / 0%	check for a seal that was left behind from the original filter. you could have them doubled up and not letting it seat correctly.

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Kamuna2003@yahoo.com Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dothan, AL Posts: 182 Ken iTrader: 0 / 0%	On the Si's the filter is located in a bad spot. If the shop did not clean up after the oil and filter change then I bet there is alot of oil stuck around the sub-frame. This is common. To fix it all you need is some simple green and a water hose. Spray the simple green on and around your oil filter and anything under your oil filter. Let is sit for minute and then rinse it off. This should fix it. Everytime I change my oil, I have to perform this procedure. I thought the same thing when this happened to me. Next time just have the shop you take it to clean it up good.

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04-18-2009, 05:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kidekat Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Placentia, CA Posts: 795 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Simple green and a garden hose throughly. Check again to see if it comes back.

04-18-2009, 05:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
qtmac_mien Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 28 iTrader: 0 / 0%	ya most shop wont bother cleanin the oil off after they take off the filter..ive done so many SI's at work and still cant master not gettin oil everywhere even wit the oil deflector honda make specific for the Si's

04-19-2009, 10:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
killsw1tch Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 570 iTrader: 1 / 100%	put a plastic sandwich bag around your filter as you unscrew it. It will catch all the oil if you do it right.

04-22-2009, 10:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
ixion Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 41 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Thanks for the info.. It seems to have stopped so hopefully thats all it was.