[V8] Oil filter seal ring

Kent McLean kentmclean at mindspring.com
Sun Sep 25 21:54:44 EDT 2005


Mike Arman wrote:
 >
 > Did an oil change and filter today.
 >
 > Noticed that there was no large rubber oil seal ring on the top of
 > the Mann filter that came off, and there should have been . . .

Yup.  A gasket sticking to the engine block/oil filter adapter
is usually caused by someone not coating the gasket with a dab
of oil before the filter is installed.  A word to the wise...

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Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke



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