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Re: [GMCnet] First Oil Change [message #72443]

Mon, 01 February 2010 04:53

David L Greenberg

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On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:55:05 -0600 Larry Davick <ljdavick@comcast.net>
writes:
>Snip........
> Everything went well, but I found that the oil cooler module that
> the filter attaches too oozes out oil unless I tighten the filter
> more than I am used to tightening. I had always tightened the
> filter 1/2 to 3/4 turn after the gasket hits the surface. this time
> I had to turn it about a turn and a half.
>
> Am I doing anything wrong?
>
>
Did the old gasket come out with the old filter? Occasionally, it doesn't
and a doubled
gasket will leak. This happened to me once on one of the diesels on my
boat, just after
repainting the engine room and pans white. What a mess but a lesson
learned.

David Lee Greenberg
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