Leaky oil filter adapter on a sm blk

[71 swinger]

Has anyone ever had a problem with the adapter on there small blk leaking? If so what did you do to rectify the problem?
I cant get mine to stop leaking around the adapter itself.

Any help would be appreciated.

Danny Bellmore

[bOb shingler]

take it apart and clean everything then use silicone to seal all the gaskets on both sides and make sure you have all the gaskets in there.

[Jim_Lusk]

There are three gaskets and to my knowledge can only be found at the dealer.........

[sunsetdart]

make sure you tighten the big nut that holds the plate to the block too

[NYrr496]

I could swear I used to get those gaskets in a Fel Pro kit, but that was twenty years ago.

[PureGTS]

  It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who thought that fool bolt was tight enough. I had the same problem. The real fun was in dropping the header to get access to the bolt with a wrench *mumble*. Then reassemble everything and try again. Each test equates to a reheated header *mumble, mumble*. I actually contemplated removing the stupid thing and using a shorty filter but it sealed up on the first try. It did make a mess on my "Jet hot" coated headers though *sigh* Some days, you could just scream....   

[sportfury70]

I had that happen before.  I ended up using silicone and letting it sit overnight.