Oil and filters...

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Works fine if youhave strng hands, which I don't, so I use the dreaded 
rubber strap wrench. Seems to work fine. But there are SO many other place 
for oil to come out. Cathy


>From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>To: "car" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Oil and filters...
>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:11:51 -0700
>
>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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