Noticed a spot on my driveway, probably 8 or 9 inches around.
My driveway is crushed concrete, so the oil just pretty much soaked in.
Anyway, got down by the passenger front tire and looked, and the oil filter was wet with oil, a little drip off the bottom.
Ran the truck up on the ramps, and crawled under to check it out.
Looks like it has been leaking a little while, oil blown back on the trailing arm and side of the oil pan.
Looked all over the filter, and no oil was above the filter, but looked wet between the filter and filter mount.
I recently changed the oil and was very careful to check everything, and no double gasketing happened and I tightened the filter like I always do.
So, I wiped the filter off real well, got the paper towel down in the gap between the filter and mount to get all the oil cleaned out of there, then tightened the filter up some more.
I checked the oil level, it was down a little more than two quarts, as two didn't quite bring it to the top of the level indicator on the stick, but that is all I had, and it isn't that far down, so it will be fine.
Cranked the truck back up and let it run a while, no more oil dripping down the filter.
Have a job trip this weekend, will keep a sharp eye on it.
Wish me luck!

 

good luck....

 

I would wish you luck but the way mine has been running lately it might be a curse.

 

Good luck. I know you'll keep it monitored. One thing I've learned about oil filters on these Fords. When it says to tighten the filter until it makes contact with the base, then tighten 3/4 turn more is a bunch of horse-hooey. Same thing happened on my '12 PSD. Noticed oil dripping from the filter so I hand tightened it until I couldn't anymore. Got at least another 3/4 turn out of it. I use the same philosophy with my present 6.2L and never had an oil filter leak. Safe travels.

 

I don't know what happened on this one, I installed it the same way I've done them for years, never had a leak.
Possibly the gasket got a small gouge in it or something and it didn't seal at normal tightness, I cranked it down another half turn or so which seems to have it sealed up now.
Also, when I went back after it sat for a while and checked the level again, it is all the way to the top of the level mark on the stick.

 

MY last 3 oil changes...

1; I did the oil filter, like I did every oil filter for the last 50 years... It leaked...
2; I did the oil filter, I thought, I may have over tightened the filter... It didn't leak...
3; I did the oil filter, like I did every oil filter for the last 50 years... It leaked...
So... WTF...

 

The filters always "weep" oil between the filer and base on mine also. So you're saying that the fix is to throw the tightening instructions out the window and crank on the filter more? I'll give that a try. Can't stand having a glaze of oil all over my filter, housing, side of pan, etc.

 

What I am "suspecting" is something change in the last 2 years, with the filter gasket or the filter housing, expanding/contracting at different rates than before... JMO

 

Looks like -for the 6.7 at least- the filter needs to be tightened to usual specs...then tightened some more...then tightened until it can't be further tightened by hand.
At least for the gas version of the Motorcraft oil filters, they seem to be now made in China, likely for as little money as possible.

 

Well, my current truck has about 190K miles on it, and save for like 8 or 9 oil changes, I have done them all, so about 10-11 changes done by me, and every filter has been installed the same way, hand tight without gorilla fisting it.
This leaker, I used both hands to get another half turn put on it.
I would have pulled it and inspected it and re-installed it, but with all that oil ABOVE the filter, it just makes a ridiculous mess of the filter, I just decided to tighten it some more, which looks to have taken care of it.

Next oil change will be due here in a couple of weeks, will see what goes on it.

 

I clean the filter head off with brake clean, wipe dry and tighten a quarter turn past hand tight. My 5.9 CR cummins I had to crank like there was no tomorrow on, my old 7.3 would stay on hand tight only... who knows why.

 

Well, the damn thing seems to be leaking some more, left a new spot on the driveway when I parked last night before going to drop the trailer off.
Don't know what I'll do, need to pull the filter and put a new one on, but have over 50% life left on the oil life monitor, really pissing me off.

 

Tighten it in the morning, bet you will be able to turn it at least 1/2 a turn easily...

 

So, you are saying that it keeps coming loose???

 

Unscrew it ~ .25 turn and then tighten it back up.

If it still leaks, then unscrew it until a little oil starts to leak around the filter, and then tighten and brake clean. This method should allow oil to lubricate the gasket allowing proper torque/compression on gasket.