So this past Friday and Saturday I spent working on my trusty 300sd at my parents house (since they have a garage and I live in an apartment complex). I am waging war on oil leaks and went to work replacing the turbo drain, the oil pan check valve, oil pan gasket, oil filter housing gasket and the wonderful oil cooler lines. All of these had leaks and this work was about the messiest and least enjoyable I have ever had to do on any car. Long story short I get done with everything at about 5:30 PM saturday (valentines day) and I'm rushing to get out of my parents because I had a date I didn't really want to brush aside. After taking a long shower and scrubbing off all the oil I had accumulated all over me I get in the car and I'm ready to roll. As a last minute thought, I tell myself that it'd be worth my while to do a few rounds around the block and check everything out before getting on the highway. Sure enough...I pull back into the driveway after going around the block once and there is oil pouring from my engine. I get the car on the ramps and climb under there with a flashlight and can see the oil coming out of the upper oil cooler line fitting at the oil filter housing. I try tightening it a bit, but to no avail. I was in a real rush at this point so I park the car at my parents place and was lucky enough that the had an extra car for me to borrow so I could get out of there. I'm heading back there tomorrow to fix the problem. My hope is that the leak isn't the result of my having stripped the threads on the oil filter housing. I remember though that I hand tightened all the fittings for the most part except for the last few turns with the flare wrench I made (advised by diesel giant), so I am not sure how I could have stripped them. I am wondering if the tip/nipple on the oil cooler line might have been compromised. Whatever it is I just really don't want to have to jack that engine up again and pull those damn lines. If I do have to replace the nipple on the oil filter housing I'm assuming I'm gonna have to pull that part out again (what a pita that was). Will update tomorrow I guess.

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1983 300SD White with Grey interior