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A rookie mistake, it's obvious that I was in a hurry the last time I did an oil change! 200

posted by  Jorrell on  Sat May 30 14:08 CST 2009
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Wow, 5K miles after the last synthetic oil and MANN oil filter change, I was highly surprised to see an oil coated and "leaky" oil filter! I couldn't even let my mind accept the fact a MANN oil filter could have a leak, but oil was everywhere!

Then I removed the oil filter from the bottom "belly pan off", the filter came off way too easy, ie. not even finger tight! I looked at the filter and it still had the rubber seal attached. Then I looked at the block and saw another oil seal stuck to the filter flange! Cause of the leak was obvious at this point, the last time I did the oil change I was in a serious hurry and didn't inspect the oil filter flange on the block! The "spare" oil seal was left behind by the last filter.

Needless to say, I am embarrassed to have made this mistake, but perhaps, this message will prevent someone else from making the same mistake... with much worse end results!

jorrell
ps. Not too proud to admit a serious mistake!
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