Oil and filters...

[jtoomasson at yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I'd been told early on that all you need to do is hand-tighten the filter
until you can't tighten it further (always lube the threads and seal with
clean oil). I've _never_ had a failure using this method. So I doubt this is
your problem....AFA what it _is_ , I'm not sure from your description.

HTH, JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Smith" <smithma7@yahoo.com>
To: "car" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:44 AM
Subject: Oil and filters...


> Pardon my naiveness, although I have learned a lot from the list, when
compared to what I still don't know, it's next to nothing.  Anyway, if an
oil filter is not tight enough, will it keep a seal for a while (like 3
days) and then blow?  I was on the way to work this morning (fortunately
only 5 minutes from home when it happened) when I noticed a big blue cloud
behind me.  I'm so happy I'm a regular mirror checker.  At first I thought
it must be someone else as I had just done emissions in July and aced it.
But when everyone else had turned off the road and it was just me, it was
still there.  I pulled over and looked under the front end.  The car was
hemorrhaging oil from the front of the pan.  I'm assuming it's from the
filter.  Being in work clothes, I didn't get under and check, but after
checking the oil, I found it had lost about half a quart in about 3 minutes.
Is this what happens if the filter is not on tight enough?
>
> Secondly, other than being a pain to take it off the next time, is there
anything wrong with over-tightening the filter?
>
> BTW, I got it home with no issues and parked it.  I will be looking at it
tonight when I get home from work.  And thank the powers that be that I
didn't get around to getting rid of the POS Pontiac last week.
>
> Mike
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