This was posted over on Reddit's CarTalk forum, thought I'd share it with you guys since I've never seen a filter balloon like this before.
Originally Posted By: yehyatt
Few months ago, my engine started spitting a small drop of oil right after cranking it, I thought it was the head gasket, but the problem disappeared after changing the oil filter, few days ago the car leaked all the oil out of the oil filter seal after I started it, when I took the oil filter out it was deformed, [1] http://i.imgur.com/D9ySi.jpg , my engine is old and it burns oil, but I don't know why oil filters keep exploding, is it the oil filter's quality, or there is something wrong with the engine.
The engine is a Mitsubishi 4g93 DOHC with 150,000 miles on it
Originally Posted By: yehyatt
Few months ago, my engine started spitting a small drop of oil right after cranking it, I thought it was the head gasket, but the problem disappeared after changing the oil filter, few days ago the car leaked all the oil out of the oil filter seal after I started it, when I took the oil filter out it was deformed, [1] http://i.imgur.com/D9ySi.jpg , my engine is old and it burns oil, but I don't know why oil filters keep exploding, is it the oil filter's quality, or there is something wrong with the engine.
The engine is a Mitsubishi 4g93 DOHC with 150,000 miles on it