Hello there,

I was changing the oil on my 07 Panda 1.2 Dynamic the other day, something I have done a hundred times. However, on this occasion when I gave the engine a little rev after replacing the oil and filter a torrent of oil pissed all over my driveway. It really was making quite a serious gurgling as it ruined my crazy paving.

I immediately switched off the engine and have had it trailered to Concorde Autocentre.

I was wondering if this is something anybody else has had a problem with. If a seal or gasket has catastrophically failed, why did it not fail before now? Why would new oil tip it over the edge?

I filled it with 10w40 2.8 litres and replaced the oil filter. Could it be I didn't tighten it enough (quarter turn past tight) It really was draining out like a tap. It really sounded like it was a hole you could poke a finger in.

Sean

hi,
the rubber seal on the filter can "bunch-up" and then not seal properly,
did you assemble it pre-oiled.. or dry..??,

Charlie

Did you make sure the old rubber seal came off with the old oil filter? If not, that could well be the cause of your problem. It's probably nothing serious; if something breaks after you've been fiddling with it, you probably broke it. Well, that's the approach I always take anyway .

Matt100HP said:

if something breaks after you've been fiddling with it, you probably broke it. Well, that's the approach I always take anyway .

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Love it!

Yes, the new filter went on with a finger film of new oil on it. However, I seriously cannot recall whether the old filter came off with the old seal. Maybe in the morning I will fish out the old oil filter and see. I bloody hope that it is missing and it is still on the car. I've got two kids and I'm living hand to mouth. I've just spend £90 towing it to the garage!

Sean

Matt100HP said:

Did you make sure the old rubber seal came off with the old oil filter? If not, that could well be the cause of your problem. It's probably nothing serious; if something breaks after you've been fiddling with it, you probably broke it. Well, that's the approach I always take anyway .

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I fished it out and the old seal came off with the old filter. Still, I hoping that it is some humiliating but cheap repair rather than a astronomical repair that is no fault of my own. Like Matt says, its probably something I did. Let's hope its cheap.

There are only two places I can think of that oil would reasonably pour out of after an oil change; the sump plug hole and the oil filter hole. I'm guessing there's something wrong with either the fitting of the sump plug or the fitting of the filter (or both).

Did you fit the right oil filter?
There are two listed,
46544820(longer and slim)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-F...Car+Make:Fiat|Model:Panda&hash=item3f21a34d63

71736159 (short and fat)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fiat-Pand...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4d203b8d78

Fit the wrong one and it'll pump all the oil out!

I had something similar recently and it turned out the new seal had fallen off when I fitted the filter,it still went tight, but obviously gushed oil

Not unheard of for the new filters seal to be faulty either, had it happen on a friends 100HP, replaced the filter, refilled and all was good

Yep, I've had this happen but 3 months down the line! I've done about 5000 miles since and it seems alright.