Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 9:13 pm
Thanks for the advice, Samir. It’s reassuring to know others have gone through this, too.
Some more updates:
On Friday I put cardboard on the ground at work where there were some drips, to see if the mount was still leaking after I had tried to tighten the filter (some time before I left for work). After four hours (I work part-time), there was an oil dot 1.5 inches in diameter. I think I tried to tighten again and then went on my way. Put the cardboard down again at home (9pm-ish), and checked around noon, so a lot longer of a duration. Once again a small dot. I took the heat shield off this time and tightened the filter again (screws are 10mm like the underbody panel screws, if anyone didn’t know); it moved by like a few millimeters. Also took a pic to see if it was a double gasket situation. Apparently it’s not, so that’s a relief. I’m thinking that it could be the mount area wasn’t as clean as it needed to be, and/or I didn’t tighten as well as I needed to during the oil change. For a minute I was worried it was a double gasket situation because some angles of the pictures of the Wix filter don’t show the black gasket, making it look like it’s flush with the metal, rather than a layer on top of it.
I didn’t drive anywhere yesterday, so no engine vibrations to possibly loosen it. Checked the cardboard this morning and no new drops. I’ll be leaving later today, so I’ll be sure to check again tomorrow. Can’t help but wonder if some of the oil drips I’m having lately are just what’s collected on the underbody panel, since it has different depths. And when I park at home it’s on a sloped driveway. Like maybe my filter mount isn’t leaking as much as I thought, some of the oil is from the early leak. Can’t be sure unless I take the panel off, but I’m not able to do that right now.
Side note, some of the stuff under the heat shield seemed a bit rusty? Such as the engine cylinder piping thing seen in my picture. Like even one of the screws was rusted and took some force to loosen. Is this normal? I’m in SoCal, not the rust belt, for what it’s worth.
Some more updates:
On Friday I put cardboard on the ground at work where there were some drips, to see if the mount was still leaking after I had tried to tighten the filter (some time before I left for work). After four hours (I work part-time), there was an oil dot 1.5 inches in diameter. I think I tried to tighten again and then went on my way. Put the cardboard down again at home (9pm-ish), and checked around noon, so a lot longer of a duration. Once again a small dot. I took the heat shield off this time and tightened the filter again (screws are 10mm like the underbody panel screws, if anyone didn’t know); it moved by like a few millimeters. Also took a pic to see if it was a double gasket situation. Apparently it’s not, so that’s a relief. I’m thinking that it could be the mount area wasn’t as clean as it needed to be, and/or I didn’t tighten as well as I needed to during the oil change. For a minute I was worried it was a double gasket situation because some angles of the pictures of the Wix filter don’t show the black gasket, making it look like it’s flush with the metal, rather than a layer on top of it.
I didn’t drive anywhere yesterday, so no engine vibrations to possibly loosen it. Checked the cardboard this morning and no new drops. I’ll be leaving later today, so I’ll be sure to check again tomorrow. Can’t help but wonder if some of the oil drips I’m having lately are just what’s collected on the underbody panel, since it has different depths. And when I park at home it’s on a sloped driveway. Like maybe my filter mount isn’t leaking as much as I thought, some of the oil is from the early leak. Can’t be sure unless I take the panel off, but I’m not able to do that right now.
Side note, some of the stuff under the heat shield seemed a bit rusty? Such as the engine cylinder piping thing seen in my picture. Like even one of the screws was rusted and took some force to loosen. Is this normal? I’m in SoCal, not the rust belt, for what it’s worth.