help: My cobra has a hole in it!

[pauliac]

I pulled my '98 cobra out of the garage yesterday to find a small puddle of oil on the floor, and it dripped the whole way down the driveway. I went under the car and discovered that it was leaking from the metal assembly that the oil filter screws into. There's a hole in it. How does that even happen?

Anyway, my question is, is the thing that it's leaking from the oil pump?

 

[Tx_Diablous]

No its the oil cooler....and get your wallet out....

 

[pauliac]

No its the oil cooler....and get your wallet out....

dammit.

How much will this run me?

 

[Slow95Cobra]

take the filter off, tighen the bung that the filter screws on to. ill have to look up torque specs. i cant remember the size, maybe 32mm hex-head socket... someone will correct me. do that first, then put the filter on and top the oil off, should fix it.

 

[xonecrazyx]

if it has a hole in adapter most likely something hit it . get a new one . drain coolant . at least its in driveway and not on road . could be replacing engine if it ran out of oil

 

[Toasty]

if it has a hole in adapter most likely something hit it . get a new one . drain coolant . at least its in driveway and not on road . could be replacing engine if it ran out of oil

Wrong info most likely.

The oil coolers have a 'weep' hole, similar to what a water pump has, that oil will run out of if the cooler becomes a tiny bit loose or if the gaskets/o-rings in the assembly get worn.

DO a search, but someone a while back posted which gaskets you needed and ford part numbers for them. I cant remember if the parts are still available from Ford or not.

 

[Tx_Diablous]

I have an 98 engine on the stand. I can find no weep hole....any pics? Might be good to check it but as I know weep holes show that a shaft seal is going bad (not sure what else they are good for) but I know of no moving parts in the oil cooler and I can not find a weep hole.

 

[Toasty]

I have an 98 engine on the stand. I can find no weep hole....any pics? Might be good to check it but as I know weep holes show that a shaft seal is going bad (not sure what else they are good for) but I know of no moving parts in the oil cooler and I can not find a weep hole.

I think Moutine posted a thread with a bunch of pics showing a cooler with a weep hole? I cant recall excatly, but I seem to recall some discussion around oil leakage from some hole in the cooler. I may just be blowing smoke up your you.know.what . :shrug:

 

[Slow95Cobra]

i have a 99 on the lift right behind me, and there is a tiny hole in it. ill post pics when i get home. dont sure if the 99 up coolers are diffrent, dont see why they would be.

 

[MustangBetty]

I remember when that happened to me. I thought I cracked the block, never seen oil pour out of a engine like that lol.

As Slow95Cobra said, Take off your oil filter. In the center of the cooler's threads is a large hex head. Tighten with the correct size wrench.

You can be fine without replacing the gasket.

 

[98 svt]

It's not necessarily the Oil cooler itself, it's one of the gaskets/o-rings.
I have one of the O-rings, and the gasket. PM me if you're interested in them.

Yes, the oil cooler does have a weep hole, but it's only their to tell you that there's a bad o-ring or gasket.

 

[MouTine]

Yep, Toasty... Pictures don't show exactly the weep hole but it is there. I allso do have tiny little oil drip sometimes but bigger worry is that coolant leak. I have brand new unit waitning to install, but I'll do it same time when it's time to oil & filter change. I will get back to that topic I posted when I get down with that thing.

http://www.nic.fi/~moutine/mustang/oc.jpg
http://www.nic.fi/~moutine/mustang/oc02.jpg
http://www.nic.fi/~moutine/mustang/oc03.jpg
http://www.nic.fi/~moutine/mustang/oc04.jpg
http://www.nic.fi/~moutine/mustang/oc05.jpg

 

[Tx_Diablous]

I need to go and find that weep hole.

 

[Toasty]

I need to go and find that weep hole.

Maybe it wasnt Moutine's pics, but I seem to recall that I saw a cooler out of a car on a bench (pic) that showed a small weep hole somewhere. :shrug:

I could easily be wrong.

 

[Dano]

Yeah, I've seen all of those photos too, but damned If I know where they are now ...

I'd buy the O-ring and gasket from badass98svt, install them, and then take it from there. It'll be good experience for you.

 

[Slow95Cobra]

you can kinda see it

 

[MouTine]

Maybe it wasnt Moutine's pics, but I seem to recall that I saw a cooler out of a car on a bench (pic) that showed a small weep hole somewhere. :shrug:

I could easily be wrong.

Well... If you know where to look for, you can see it in 02 picture.

 

[Helomech74]

Just remove that sucker and toss it in the garbage. Then get either the Moroso block plate and relocate the filter, or get a GT filter mount without the cooler on it. No difference in oil temps here without mine on. I used the Moroso plate and relocated the filter. No more issues at all.

 

[98 svt]

Helomech, any pics of your install?
Got a link to the Moroso kit.
The 2 pieces I have SHOULD fix his issue though.