I noticed a dripping of oil from the area around the oil filter housing/block interface that leaves a spot on my garage floor so I ordered a new gasket. The PO had it "fixed" at a tech I know down in Norwood Mass who was too lazy to actually install the proper $2 gasket but instead used sealant to make his own...so $200 and 2 years later it is leaking again...big surprise there. Knowing this tech's work it doesn't surprise me one bit.

Anyway, I ordered the gasket and was looking at the job...looks pretty straightforward...remove the cooling lines, the pressure sensor line and what looks to be 5 6mm allen headed bolts and the housing should come off...anything I am missing here? I figured it will be messy but there looks to be enough room between it and the steering box to get it out and clean up both surfaces for the new gasket. Anything I can expect to run into that isn't obvious??

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Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz