Oil Change Question

[LS4me]

Marc---

WHAT IS IT???

KS

Purolator oil filter.

 

[Banker]

but the rubber gasket stuck to the block when I took it off, I spewed oil everywhere on startup because I didn't notice the gasket stuck to where the oil filter seats itself. Scared the :q:q:q:q out of me.

i did this too. u better believe i look at every old filter i take off now to make sure that gasket is still there. what a mess that made. :frown:

that said i still use fram. but the light bulb just went off and maybe a better filter might actually keep my oil a little cleaner bewteen changes? im thinking a few extra bucks might be worth experimenting...

oh btw i use Motorcraft 5w-20 synthetic blend. 5qt jug at walmart for $18. i buy three at a time cuz since i need almost a jug and a half each oil change.

 

[joegr]

i did this too. u better believe i look at every old filter i take off now to make sure that gasket is still there. what a mess that made. :frown:...

My father taught me a long time ago to always reach up and feel all the way around the mating surface on filter adapter (part on the engine) to make sure that there weren't even any pieces of the old gasket left on there. If you do that, there's no point in looking at the old filter. If you just look at the old filter, you might miss something.
Also, spread some oil on the gasket on the new filter to make it less likely to stick on when you remove it later.

 

[Onefreshls]

i use royal purple in my ls with factory filter. and i change it ever 2500 mile's. im a little sick i guess but what you going to do. i have changed the rear and tranny to so far with only 45k on it. but thats just me i would not go 10k miles before changing 5k is more then enogh...

 

[marcredd]

U change synthetic every 2500? Overkill. May as well be using standard.

 

[Banker]

Also, spread some oil on the gasket on the new filter to make it less likely to stick on when you remove it later.

of course, and good info for to always remind ppl about.

now i'd never buy a brand again if just some pieces of the gasket stuck. i always give the mating surface a good wipe down with a clean paper towel. but this may be useful to consider when working especially on an older car or one that i havent personally been maintaining. some ppl leave oil filters on a looooong time (just long enuf for the car to blow up and they bring it to me )

 

[jmtiseo]

My father taught me a long time ago to always reach up and feel all the way around the mating surface on filter adapter (part on the engine) to make sure that there weren't even any pieces of the old gasket left on there. If you do that, there's no point in looking at the old filter. If you just look at the old filter, you might miss something.
Also, spread some oil on the gasket on the new filter to make it less likely to stick on when you remove it later.

The bitch of it is that I did exactly that lol. I cleaned off where the seal seats and I must not have felt it through the shop towel. When I did the oil I always dressed the filter. Then again, this might have been the one time that I decided to take it to a Mobil 1 shop for an oil change. Never again. Sometimes changing oil is hard enough. It's even harder when they put the wrong filter on there.

 

[Onefreshls]

yea its over kill but thats just me