Oil change disaster

[Cosmo]

Originally Posted by Mag300c

Hey Y'all, here's an "old school" trick that, I believe, will prevent the oil seal sticking to the engine. Dip your finger in the drip pan after draining yer' ol' oil and rub it on the rubber seal of your new replacement oil filter. Problem prevented !

I dip my finger into the clean oil (after I fill the filter with oil) for 2 reasons:

1: It's clean

2: I don't feel like sticking my finger into the hot oil that was just drained from the hot engine.

[kevenj]

Originally Posted by Mag300c

Hey Y'all, here's an "old school" trick that, I believe, will prevent the oil seal sticking to the engine. Dip your finger in the drip pan after draining yer' ol' oil and rub it on the rubber seal of your new replacement oil filter. Problem prevented !

Good point; I should have mentioned that but I just thought that was a given that everyone knew.

Didn't matter on that old Toyota though; the damn gasket stuck to the block every single time!

[jerssrt]

wow that sucks. the same thing happened with my parents '91 caravan. the old gasket was stuck on the oil pan and the new filter didn't seal properly. unfortunately, we didn't catch it until on the highway at which point it was too late and the engine ceased.

[DESIREE]

While oiling the gasket before installing the filter may keep the gasket from sticking upon removal of the filter, the real reason to oil the gasket is to prevent the gasket from sticking to the face of the gasket seat as the filter is screwed on and torqued. If the gasket sticks during installation it can be distorted resulting in a leak when pressurized.

[OoTLink]

Hehe, that's not a disaster - the disaster is when you forget to pour the oil in and blow the engine!

[UK CHRYSLER 300C]

none of the above is the problem,the problem is forgetting to put the sump plug(oil pan plug bolt)back in before you pour the oil in THEN start.It has been known.ouch(not me obviously)

[Inferno07]

I've never forgotten to put the drain plug back in.. In the oil pan or in my boat Forgetting either, can have bad consequences!

[UK CHRYSLER 300C]

i did it once in my speedboat,there i was thinking why is my boat a bit slow today.lmao.wasnt until I loaded it back on to the trailer and like a gazillion gallons of water came out of the holes I forgot to put the plugs in.DOH