What's the prime culprit? Oil filter didn't fly off. Any most likely connection?

p.s. did not need this today...not that there's ever a good time.

oil * anti-freeze * trans fluid ?

Looks like oil

hole in pan

Blew the oil filter gasket out?

Oil. Fired up, purred like a kitten for 60 seconds, then some secondary noise made me think "uh oh" then oil light on. I immediately shut it down and went around front and the car was bleeding out oil.

Oil filter was super loose. Guess I should have checked before I fired it up. Hand-tightened, will fill up with oil and try again. Or should I get a wrench?

hand tighten only.

No wrench. You might want to spin on a new one.

Did you check to see the gasket was still in place?

Thanks, ok I will get a new filter and hand tighten it, fill with oil, then fire it up again. Now I have to figure out how to get all that oil out of my engine compartment. yuck! do people still steam clean and is that advisable?

Go buy several cans of engine degreaser and use it several different times after rinsing off the first batch Not the foaming type either :

Go buy some Gunk at the auto parts store. Don't spray anything electrical with it.

Double gasket will do that.

Douse it with Simple Green and blast it at the do it yourself carwash.

I change oil for a living...for 33 years now at the same company.

I used to think hand tight was good but from experience I found out that is not tight enough sometimes. So I spin them on hand tight and then they need a little torque n with a filter wrench to insure what happened to you does not not happen to a vehicle going down the road.

I always put some dirty oil on the rubber gasket before installation. Yea dirty oil whats dripping off the vehicle only because I am lazy and it works for many years now.

If I am doing big trucks with big filters then I fill the filter 3/4 full first with fresh oil and then it get a little fresh oil on the gasket.

Use a wrench!

Anyone bother to read the directions when putting on a new filter?

Wix:

Spin on the new filter. When the gasket contacts
the mounting base, rotate the filter 3/4 turn.

Fram:

Screw new filter on until gasket reaches base contact. Then tighten according to instructions on filter using tightening guide markers.

Cummins:

Carefully read the installation instructions printed on the outside of the filter to determine the number of turns the filter must to be rotated past gasket contact for proper installation and gasket compression.

Purolator:

Tighten the amount specified for your filter beyond gasket contact (3/4, ¾ - 1, etc)


They all also state use CLEAN oil and not grease.

I have ALWAYS filled the filter then used some of that oil on the gasket, spin it on quickly (some oil loss is normal) then tighten 3/4 turn to seat the gasket. Never just hand tighten or use double gaskets.

Never had a spin-on oil filter drip a drop when its been hand tightened.
Of course you have to be smarter than the filter and make sure it and your hands are clean so you can get a solid grip. (Did I really need to say that?)

Yes, the "standard" is film of new oil on the gasket and tighten 3/4 turn once the gasket makes contact. For a new filter.

Filter wrenches can distort and puncture the filter case.

Nothing worse than some yoyo that tightens the oil filter to the point you have to chisel it off to change oil.

It don't sound like you have ever done a big truck oil change, it is impossible to get those big filters tight by hand. In 33 years of doing it here at work, I have yet to damage a filter big or small by using filter wrench on them.