Here is a stupid one for ya'll. Those gaskets that come with each oil filter element...is it really necessary to change that every single time? I've been doing it every other time and it seems fine.

feedback?

 

Comes with the filter and so I dont care. You stock them up for something?

 

nope...just a pain to pry the old one off and put a new one on for no reason. So I don't. I inspect it..make sure it's not damaged...and then it goes right back on.

 

makes sense to me. BTW had no probs with my 6.0 and have almost 6k of hard miles. Been luck I guess.

 

OMG you are the same age as me and live close. Never would have thunk it.

 

Cool. Mine didn't have any real problems until it hit 18,000 miles. Then the #2 injector died.

 

Hi Dogdude2003,

I'm no ford diesel mechanic but I have been a marine diesel mechanic since 1976, mostly cat and detroit engines, some japanese makes. You cannot believe the problems I have traced due to gasget and poor filter replacement on diesel engines. Looks like the ford filters are under pressure, not under suction, so a bad gasget would drip fuel, but, my advice would be to be VERY carefull when replacing filters. Use new gasgets, do not let debris trapped on the filter drop into the conditioning module on the engine. Suck out all the junk out of the engine module! I have not changed my filters yet because the engine has 11K on it but you can be shure I will be very carefull, especially with the engine mounted filter.

On the boats I sometimes pull the filters apart to see what is in the tank, it tells me what the fuel supplier has been selling and what problems to expect down the road. Its kinda messy but information is a good thing. Do not expose your self to too much fuel, wear gloves, wash you hands. I'm always amazed at the younger guys who bathe in oil and fuel. This stuff causes cancer, I'm luck to have survived it.

 

Hey Guys,

These are not gaskets, they are Buna O-rings. And buna, over time gets hard and conforms to the shape of the hole it's in. You can not do a proper inspection with it on the cap so if you have it off anyway just replace it. Just because there is no visiable damage doesn't mean an O-ring is good.

P.S. My background is in hydraulic cylinders we use thousands of o-rings per year and I know that a $.05 part can give you a lot of grieve.

 

The manufacturer supply these o rings for a reason. I recommend changing
them everytime.
EJ

 

Why woud you NOT replace them?????
They are in the kit, this makes no sense to me at all....

 

What is involved that is painful to replace the O-ring? Do you stab yourself with a screwdriver in the process?

It takes all of 15 seconds to take off the old one, wipe the cap and reinstall the new O-ring.

You have a 12,000 engine and you are going to quibble about an O-ring????

 

I am sure that we just misunderstood dogdude2003...maybe he was thinking about his significant other.

You know...when she starts pointing at that special left hand finger and he says ..."OOOOOH?? RIIIING?...no way!!!"

 

LOL.. you guys crack me up. Ok ok...I'll replace the stupid O ring!