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I hate to hear these things about ANY racer and what the hell`s going on w/oil filter gasket blowouts lately...........I run the K&N`s and I OVER tighten em and they don`t even so much as weep oil......



Filters need to be more than hand tight imo.

Then it might be a good idea to switch to a aftermarket filter like a Oberg or a Filter One that is made a little better.



Well if you give it a 1/2 turn after contact thats
.031 compression of the rubber gasket... thats ALOT...
what I have seen in some of the filters is the lip
or bump in the metal isnt much and the compression
of the rubber will start to push the gasket out if
the outer lip isnt big enough(out side lip od the
gasket area)... if the oil pressure is 80# that lip
should be plenty... if its over 100# it might not
be enough to hold the gasket