KillaKitiie

At the bottom of the tube you put oil in! There is a pool of oil thats leaking down the housing and on to my driveway!

I cant seem to think of where its coming from? there is a medium size tube that plugs in down there could it come from there?

Also i just bought the car and it has a FRAM oil filter is that bad or something? i heard you needed a certain type of oil filter is this true?

Someone please help me and answer my questions thanks!

KillaKitiie

Well the pedistal is leaking, just like it did when i bought my FC.


Anybody got an easy way to remove the small 10mm nut closest to the firewall?...lol

Im guessing my oil guage and water temp sender units are toast!

steve84GS TII

I used to just use a long extension,sockets and wrenches.You can do it with just regular tools,so long as you dont have fat stubby arms!
Just be sure you get all 4 o-rings since you have the crappy beehive type oilcooler.There are 2 under the pedestal and 2 above it.
Fram filters will do the job,but lots of people hate them.....nothing special is needed on a rotary,although a good filter with an anti-drainback valve is always a good idea.The oil and water temp senders will usually tolerate some dousing of oil,its the wires/connectors that deteriorate.Just clean everything up well and be sure to powerwash the area when done.
The air/oil coolers from the 79-82 and FC's are a good mod to make to the 83-85 12A cars.Just hope you dont already have the dreaded oil leak near the distributor,that one means an engine rebuild to fix.

KillaKitiie

Well i got it off after about 2 hours!..lol went to my local autozone and they actually had the o-rings in stock! changed em out and reassembled everything,and it seems to be holding up just fine!

kgray

Those o rings sure do shrink down and lose their seal over time... but its expected

Man_in_black49464

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the good thing is you can get o rings at the local part store that fit the assembly

KillaKitiie

Yeah what really surprised me was they seem to be made of plastic!