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Old Mar 6, 2015 | 05:41 PM
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Hey guys i just got a 2002 jaguar x-type and i took it in to get the oil changed and they say my the oil pan is leaking a little and when i am at a stop, in the cabin i can smell the oil through the vents. I am a do it your selfer guy, there a good step by step i can to do change the gasket on her?

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Old Mar 6, 2015 | 10:11 PM
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From the 'How-To' thread in the stickies at the top of this forum
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ket-faq-11221/
 
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by jjbanks
Hey guys i just got a 2002 jaguar x-type and i took it in to get the oil changed ..... and when i am at a stop, in the cabin i can smell the oil through the vents.

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The smell is probably from oil that dripped onto the front exhaust when the oil filter was changed. That smell should clear up on its own.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 09:17 AM
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I had a horrid oil smell and it turned out to be a K and N oil filter that apparently needs to be very very tight.
 
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