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Side note: real glad the site is back!
Pulled the oil filter canister off last night and looked at the little o-ring/gasket. Unlike the first one to blow, this one was not torn, but but it was bulged out when viewed in profile. Boy did it make a mess of the engine bay!
I pulled the base that the canister attaches to, and discovered 2 things. First was that it looks like there is a very old gasket stuck up in the groove. Going to take some solvent to get it out! Second is that there is not way either of the gaskets I used were going to fit into the little channel. They were both too big, and probably just riding on top of the inner channel wall. Which would explain why they couldn't hold up under pressure. Around town was on smoother roads and for shorter periods. The 2 that blew were after prolonged running on some lousy roads, so more chance for vibration to jigger things around.
I'm going to order an adaptor to use a spin-on filter, which should keep this from happening in the future. Do I just order the adaptor and filter, or do I need additional gaskets and such?
Pulled the oil filter canister off last night and looked at the little o-ring/gasket. Unlike the first one to blow, this one was not torn, but but it was bulged out when viewed in profile. Boy did it make a mess of the engine bay!
I pulled the base that the canister attaches to, and discovered 2 things. First was that it looks like there is a very old gasket stuck up in the groove. Going to take some solvent to get it out! Second is that there is not way either of the gaskets I used were going to fit into the little channel. They were both too big, and probably just riding on top of the inner channel wall. Which would explain why they couldn't hold up under pressure. Around town was on smoother roads and for shorter periods. The 2 that blew were after prolonged running on some lousy roads, so more chance for vibration to jigger things around.
I'm going to order an adaptor to use a spin-on filter, which should keep this from happening in the future. Do I just order the adaptor and filter, or do I need additional gaskets and such?