Few things to let you know. Your oil filter is supposed to come out with your filter cap. There's plastic retaining tabs that become brittle, and break over time. I recommend replacing the oil filter cap. It's partially the reason why your oil filter housing didn't drain when you removed the cap. Next, the original (and current) manufacturer for the oil filter for this engine is HENGST. They also make the oil filter cap (you can see the brand on the inside of the cap). You can order everything separately from FCP Euro, and they will still qualify for the lifetime replacement. Also, I would highly recommend you drop the belly ban and brake clean that entire underbody, it looks like it's pissing oil! Good luck!
Thank you so much ! I'll order a new cap for the next oil change. Great idea for the brake clean. Hopefully I can figure out where the leak is coming from. I was debating bringing it to the shop to have them tell me where it's leaking from. I'll give your idea a try first.
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Few things to let you know. Your oil filter is supposed to come out with your filter cap. There's plastic retaining tabs that become brittle, and break over time. I recommend replacing the oil filter cap. It's partially the reason why your oil filter housing didn't drain when you removed the cap.
Next, the original (and current) manufacturer for the oil filter for this engine is HENGST. They also make the oil filter cap (you can see the brand on the inside of the cap). You can order everything separately from FCP Euro, and they will still qualify for the lifetime replacement.
Also, I would highly recommend you drop the belly ban and brake clean that entire underbody, it looks like it's pissing oil! Good luck!
Thank you so much ! I'll order a new cap for the next oil change. Great idea for the brake clean. Hopefully I can figure out where the leak is coming from. I was debating bringing it to the shop to have them tell me where it's leaking from. I'll give your idea a try first.