I mark the filter, hand tighten it as far as I can (not easy due to restricted space) and then gently wrench it to 1 turn. Works like a charm.
Warning : Over vs. Under Tighten Oil Filters !
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I go one turn for many years now..except on my daughters lincoln which requires 1.5 turns …no matter how many times I would evaluate the situation…more then 1 turn was always needed...
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I just turn the air compressor up to 150psi and hit it with the 1/2" impact for 20 seconds. Never had an issue with them ever coming off.
It could be that different manufs have differing thread pitches. So 3/4 turn on a chevy is not equal to 3/4 on an import or whatever.
The gasket seems to get tighter and more sticky as times goes on. A hand tightened filter needs a wrench to come off after the OCI.
I only turn mine 1/2 turn. I don't want to spend hours messing with a crushed filter later.
A good rule of thumb is as tight as a semi oily hand can get it.
The gasket seems to get tighter and more sticky as times goes on. A hand tightened filter needs a wrench to come off after the OCI.
I only turn mine 1/2 turn. I don't want to spend hours messing with a crushed filter later.
A good rule of thumb is as tight as a semi oily hand can get it.
Originally Posted By: hatt
Wow this is a problem? I tighten them "pretty tight" by hand. That usually results in barely able to get it off by hand when it's time to change. Rare occasions a wrench is needed. Been working for 25 years.
Same here, But never a wrench needed , Would have helped lol
Wow this is a problem? I tighten them "pretty tight" by hand. That usually results in barely able to get it off by hand when it's time to change. Rare occasions a wrench is needed. Been working for 25 years.
Same here, But never a wrench needed , Would have helped lol
i tighten them reasonably tight by hand, if by some chance i dont feel its tight enough i may use a wrench for just a little extra.
when i worked at a service center on a couple rare occasions when i removed the oil filter on a couple 3.1's the whole stand-pipe tube came out of the block with it......those filters were way overtightened obviously.
when i worked at a service center on a couple rare occasions when i removed the oil filter on a couple 3.1's the whole stand-pipe tube came out of the block with it......those filters were way overtightened obviously.
Originally Posted By: Black_Thunder
when i worked at a service center on a couple rare occasions when i removed the oil filter on a couple 3.1's the whole stand-pipe tube came out of the block with it......those filters were way overtightened obviously.
Wow, never heard of that happening.
when i worked at a service center on a couple rare occasions when i removed the oil filter on a couple 3.1's the whole stand-pipe tube came out of the block with it......those filters were way overtightened obviously.
Wow, never heard of that happening.
Happened to the work van's 4.6 in my sig, whole adapter came off, had to screw it back on with blue loctite on the threads.
I hand tight as much as I can without over doing it. Then use my wrench to take it off. Never had a problem.
I torque them to 100 inch pounds.
I over tighten spin-on oil filter with a cap wrench by at least 1/2 turn after hand tight. Never had any spin-on oil filter back out. The same cap wrench is needed to remove the over tighten filter.
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Originally Posted By: waltywalt
Get it as tight as I can by hand and then a touch with the filter wrench. Never in my life did I have a leak or couldn't get the filter back off.
+1 - same for me.
Get it as tight as I can by hand and then a touch with the filter wrench. Never in my life did I have a leak or couldn't get the filter back off.
+1 - same for me.
I've told this before, but I was once moonlighting doing oil changes on the side. A truck driver at a lumber yard I serviced caught me the next Saturday after I serviced his truck and informed me that the oil filter had backed off on his truck. I must have had a really shocked look, because he started laughing and said he knew it wasn't my fault when it did the same thing again a few miles later. They had the truck checked and the oil pump was putting out over 150 psi.
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