Oil filter warning ⚠️
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Oil filter warning ⚠️
Just wanted to let some unsuspecting folks know that Motor craft oil filters must be inspected upon removal on the Super duty trucks.......the filter gasket sticks to the housing.
I changed oil for the 3rd time today on a 2021 F250 7.3 gas and all 3 times the rubber gasket stuck.
Yes been changing oil for 50 years and know that pre-lubing is required.
I'm in know way questioning the quality of Motor craft oil filters, simply trying to help someone avoid a big mess.
Simply remove the filter, shine a light and pull the old gasket off the housing, install new filter.
I changed oil for the 3rd time today on a 2021 F250 7.3 gas and all 3 times the rubber gasket stuck.
Yes been changing oil for 50 years and know that pre-lubing is required.
I'm in know way questioning the quality of Motor craft oil filters, simply trying to help someone avoid a big mess.
Simply remove the filter, shine a light and pull the old gasket off the housing, install new filter.
More Turbo
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Strange I just changed my oil and the gasket was stuck to the housing....It was a wix, as said already, they all stick and we should be checking every single one that we take off every single car/tuck/moped.
Tuned
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About 45 years ago, I learned the hard way to always make sure the gasket comes off and make sure the surface the gasket contacts is clean. Takes less than a minute to dump 5 quarts on the garage floor.
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In close to 40 years of changing oil on gas engines, diesel engines, and some smaller engines with filters I have never had an o ring stick to the filter mating surface, and rarely did the o ring separate from the filter upon removal. I always put oil on the o ring seat and threads, always. It may be that I will experience it in the future but not so far. That being said, I always look to ensure the o ring is on the filter when removed because I always heard that they can stick.
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As long as I've been wrenching on cars I've known to check for the old oil filter gasket when doing the filter change. I don't recall ever having one actually stick to the filter housing. I do have a friend that had the oil filter gasket from the new filter fall off during install. He was unaware that it happened and drove about 5 miles. Says he lost about 2 gallons (out of 3).
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This goes for any oil filter on any engine but I do find it surprising because I'm almost at 20 oil changes on my 7.3 and I've yet to have one gasket stick ti the block. I've used the MC filters as well as Wix, Champ XL, Fram, etc
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As long as I've been wrenching on cars I've known to check for the old oil filter gasket when doing the filter change. I don't recall ever having one actually stick to the filter housing. I do have a friend that had the oil filter gasket from the new filter fall off during install. He was unaware that it happened and drove about 5 miles. Says he lost about 2 gallons (out of 3).
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Thanks !!!
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It's good practice to always check for the gasket when removing a filter. Brand doesn't matter.
It's good practice to always check for the gasket when removing a filter. Brand doesn't matter.