mad oil leak

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any one got tuned length headers on gf8 and had them burn through the side of your oil filter? happened on way home from work tonight... lucky i had a spare filter in the trusty tool kit ;D

[Guest]

If you burnt thru it, your headers are glowing red hot !!

In which case you will melt bottom hose, wiring, cambet covers etc - so assume not

Make sure your headers aren't touching the filter and have chaffed a hole in it

[readosnr]

ive seen repco oil filters split the casing before but nothing like what you say.

what brand oil filter?

what brand headers or are they custom?

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i made them myself, im a mehanic, but they are wrapped in heat tape all the way up to the turbo. they are just 1.8mm stainless and tig welded. and they dont even come close to the(repco) oil filter (that is probablu the problem) bottom hose or wiring the worst was the drain bung on the alloy radiator i have set up.... if they are red hot my timing must be retarded to hell!!!! oh i have a modifyed oil pump and bypass valve but still only runs about 50psi at idle

[Guest]

How much pressure you have at 5000rpm?

Did you melt the hose,wiring etc?

And what you doing with a cheap nasty filter on your baby anyway??

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na its all mint it must get real hot for sure but hasnt melted yet... its a ryco filter... i understood that it would be fine bu maybe not.. wat would you reccomend? oh and about 80 to 90 psi depends on temp

[Guest]

Well pressure all good at 80 -90 psi

Remeber all you need is 10psi per 1000rpm as a guide

Ryco /repco = same in different paint jobs

Did you physically burn a hole in the filter ?

I run genuine filters ALWAYS even for run in, they not expensive esp if you buy say 10 at a time

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well the best way to describe it is if you wire buff aluminium until it melts.. thats wat it looks like them the pressure burst a pin hole... it took alot of paint off the filter and burnt the heck outa my arm on the side of the road....

[Guest]

where the headers welded in place?

May just be weld splater ( esp if Mig used to tack )

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na they are slip jointed up to the flanges for up pipe.... im stumped... il just get a genuine filter and heat wrap that too. or maybe remote mount the filter ;D

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cheers for your help mate il have to buy you a cold beer one day

[Guest]

keen as