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Old 18-11-2008, 10:38 PM   #1
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Default o ring seal on oil filter

hi well just finished changing oil on the car started it up and dumped bout 4 litres of oil out of the filter didnt realise that that the old o ring seal from the first filter hadnt come off had to spend another 40 bucks to get some more oil will be more careful next time

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Old 19-11-2008, 12:41 AM   #2
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yeah you must always check the old seal is off ,2 seals dont make a good seal ....don`t worry your not the first to get caught on that one.
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Old 19-11-2008, 12:53 AM   #3
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lol!! I did that trick years ago!!
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Old 19-11-2008, 01:35 AM   #4
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yup.... ive done it too
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Old 19-11-2008, 09:06 AM   #5
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Interesting...so you guys don't clean the mating surfaces prior to installing the new filter???

The first thing I was taught when I was about 16.
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Old 19-11-2008, 09:12 AM   #6
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I did that trick when I was a first year apprentice years ago. After a reaming from the Foreman I never did that again!
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Old 19-11-2008, 09:24 AM   #7
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Interesting...so you guys don't clean the mating surfaces prior to installing the new filter???

The first thing I was taught when I was about 16.
Same here. The old man would kill me if I didn't clean it up before chucking on the new filter, and rightfully so.

"If you remove it, clean it and where it came from" are his great words of advice.
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Old 19-11-2008, 09:33 AM   #8
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Same here. The old man would kill me if I didn't clean it up before chucking on the new filter, and rightfully so.

"If you remove it, clean it and where it came from" are his great words of advice.
Those are very ambiguous words of advice there!
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Old 19-11-2008, 09:59 AM   #9
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Same here. The old man would kill me if I didn't clean it up before chucking on the new filter, and rightfully so.

"If you remove it, clean it and where it came from" are his great words of advice.
Yep, same here.

I got caught a month ago though, changed the oil in my neighbours VS, he asked me to get the filter and oil for him so off i went.
Came back with 5lts of nulon oil= $35, and a Z145, i needed a Z154 : .
Put it on, filled it with oil, spewed it all over the driveway..not happy Jan!!

Turns out the seal diameter is smaller on the Z145 and is to suit a Skyline.
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Old 19-11-2008, 11:46 AM   #10
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Came back with 5lts of nulon oil= $35, and a Z145, i needed a Z154 : .
Put it on, filled it with oil, spewed it all over the driveway..not happy Jan!!
Dyslexics of the world Untie !!

Also... beware of overtightening them, can make the seal distort & leak. Tighter does not mean better.
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Old 19-11-2008, 03:28 PM   #11
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you should never do them up more than hand tight
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