Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
[Re: stumpy]
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Nothing worse than some yoyo that tightens the oil filter to the point you have to chisel it off to change oil. That will happen with no lube on the gasket...IMO.
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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And some people can't turn a filter 3/4 turn by hand. So, use a wrench as needed.
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
[Re: amxautox]
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And some people can't turn a filter 3/4 turn by hand. So, use a wrench as needed. Exactly. When someone says never a wrench needed I think of trucks, excuse me.
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
[Re: finn]
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09/13/17 04:13 PM
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Double gasket will do that. Yup. Always check the old filter to make sure the gasket came off with it. I did that one time when the car was parked on a slight incline. I started it and hopped back out and noticed oil running out from right behind the front tire. Dove back in and shut it off. Big nessy mess to clean up, but didn't hurt the engine. I was taught to run a film of oil around the rubber sealing ring and hand screw it snug with one hand only.
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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I was taught to use fresh oil on a new filter gasket. It's already there when I fill the filter. Never used the wrench to tighten 'em. Always needed one to remove 'em.
Only time I had a filter isues was... You guessed it the old gasket was still there. I only needed to do that once.
I have mechanical Aptitude. I can screw up anything.
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
[Re: calmopar]
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For automotive / light truck oil changes, I always hand tighten so they are SNUG - probably 3/4 turn after the gasket makes contact. I use a coating of drain oil to lubricate the new gasket. I've also experienced the dreaded double gasket debacle on my old (new) 96 Ram back when it was a couple years old. In the driveway of course. Started it up & heard a gurgling noise & oil streaming onto the ground - shut it off immediately. No problems - just a mess.
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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Well my hand-tightening didn't quite work...i am not strong enough I suppose...another 4+ quarts on the ground. Arrgh! Got a K&N with the nut at the top and used a wrench to tighten it up - all is good now except for all the oil in the engine compartment.
I'll take some pics of the Dart - it's an interesting one. All black 69 GTS 383 auto stripe delete. Kind of a factory sleeper.
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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sounds like the oil pump relief valve is stuck, need to pull it out & clean it out.
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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sounds like the oil pump relief valve is stuck, need to pull it out & clean it out. Yeah, something ain't right. I'm not getting into the wrench/no wrench or manufacturers instructions debate, but you don't need to be Hercules to tighten an oil filter sufficiently. If it's dumping oil like that after a good hand tightening, something else is going on. Don't let it ruin your motor! Do you have an oil pressure gauge?
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Re: Fired up after a long sleep. Sounded good, then...
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Thank god us as a group here are not responsible for world peace. Id just like to see more pics of that dart! Me 2
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