Beehive Oli fliter leaking on French Flathead

[miwi]

Hi,

I got an Offenhauser Beehive Oil Fliter that spills oil through the gasket. I had change the rubber gasket, cleaned the gasket face of the cab and the filter itself, checked for damages, check for correct seating of the cab. I had change from a rubber gasket to a cork gasket. When I run the engine for 30 min on idle speed or above idle speed (Original Oil pressure gauge shows 25 - 30 ) no oil is leaking. When I drive my F1 in various speeds for 30 min or 1 hour the oil fliter is leaking. Oil pressure gauge durng driving shows 30. The oil filter cartridge is the corrct onbe of a Offenhauser Beehive Oil filter.
I think that I'm to stupid to fix the problem. Do you have any idea?

Michael

[Phil Gillespie]

Originally Posted by miwi

Hi,

I got an Offenhauser Beehive Oil Fliter that spills oil through the gasket. I had change the rubber gasket, cleaned the gasket face of the cab and the filter itself, checked for damages, check for correct seating of the cab. I had change from a rubber gasket to a cork gasket. When I run the engine for 30 min on idle speed or above idle speed (Original Oil pressure gauge shows 25 - 30 ) no oil is leaking. When I drive my F1 in various speeds for 30 min or 1 hour the oil fliter is leaking. Oil pressure gauge durng driving shows 30. The oil filter cartridge is the corrct onbe of a Offenhauser Beehive Oil filter.
I think that I'm to stupid to fix the problem. Do you have any idea?

Michael

Is it a full flow filter or a bypass type filter.
I had similar problem with leakage from top cover .
Checked it out and found did not have oriface on inlet to filter. Have now corrected this so appears ok now. Mine is a bypass filter and inlet oriface is 1/16" or 1.5mm. Worth a look.
Phil NZ

[51 MERC-CT]

If it is like the ones that I remember It should have an .060 dia. restrictor hole in the bottom pressure feed inlet.
The top/side fitting is the drain side.
This is opposite to the normal stock Ford bypass filter.
If the pressure feed is hooked to the top/side fitting the filter will become pressurized, causing leaking.

[miwi]

Originally Posted by Phil Gillespie

Is it a full flow filter or a bypass type filter.
I had similar problem with leakage from top cover .
Checked it out and found did not have oriface on inlet to filter. Have now corrected this so appears ok now. Mine is a bypass filter and inlet oriface is 1/16" or 1.5mm. Worth a look.
Phil NZ

it is a bypass filter i will check it thanks

[miwi]

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Originally Posted by 51 MERC-CT

If it is like the ones that I remember It should have an .060 dia. restrictor hole in the bottom pressure feed inlet.
The top/side fitting is the drain side.
This is opposite to the normal stock Ford bypass filter.
If the pressure feed is hooked to the top/side fitting the filter will become pressurized, causing leaking.

I hope that I had connected the lines correct, but I'll check it. Thanks