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Ok! It looked good this evening when the wife got home. The new purolator oil filter (L14460) I put on appears to be holding good, no leakage. I do have some weepage around the cylinder heads but nothing abnormal. Before putting this filter on I checked the surfaces, cleaned them, lubricated the gasket and turned the required 3/4 turn, which is what I normally do. Thanks for all the help guys, I think I'll hang around this forum, love the Suby Outback.

Thanks for the reply. No it's definitly the filter, oil leaking off the bottom of filter. I've been surfing for oil filter related problems and found several people with the same problem. Everything from overtightning , undertightning , to loose keeper bolt for filter. My wife drove it to work today so I'll check it again tonight. We had it up on a rack, with the engine running, for 30min and it never leaked with a new oil filter until I drove it home on the interstate and it started leaking again. Strange!

Hello all. I'm new to the thread as I just found this site. Got a question. The oil filter on my 2000 Outback keeps leaking. I have replaced the filter four times now, had Subaru do the last oil change and filter. Each time it's been changed within a few miles of running the filter starts leaking. Has anyone got any ideas or seen this problem before?