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Spilled its Guts

:barf: so i go over to tighten my oil filter at onenastybirds house cause my filteris loose and my rubber strap wrench is slipping in all that room ford gave us. so i tighten it and i i go to leave and as we back in to the driveway from the street to turn around im smoking bad, pass it off, then he sees a puddle and i stop then back up in the street and its oil. shiznit! i busted the filter! i must of spilled 4 and a half quarts of 5 on the street.when i took out the plug is must of only drippled in and the filter was almost empty. so needless to say i need to do an oil change. only did one about 200 miles ago. suck but it could be worse. i got lucky i would of heard it over the stereo and i would of passed the oil gauge beep off like i did when it was acting stupid about a year ago. probily would have noticed it before i messed any thing up to bad but i left a river of oil down the street in front of 2 houses. im going over there tomorrow with cat litter cause i dont want to leave it like that i would be pissed if someone did that to me. anyways its going to be a stank ass ride to school tomorrow with all the oil burning offfrom the spray it did all over the driver side of the engine bay. suck but like it says it could of been worse
1986 Cougar LS
 

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Reply #1 –
Wow, I bet I haven't needed a filter wrench on my vehicles in years. I use those fram filters with the rough black stuff on the end for grip. Love 'em. Best invention since sliced bread:grinno:
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Reply #2 –
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so i go over to tighten my oil filter at onenastybirds house cause my filteris loose and my rubber strap wrench is slipping in all that room ford gave us.


You tightened the filter with a wrench? No, no, no, no. You should only hand tighten a filter otherwise you will crush the gasket resulting in leaks.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #3 –
if you can get to the end of the filter its fine. Try it on the 84-87 v-6's.  What I did that has worked the best, get an oil filter wrench with a chain. Tighten that bad boy down as hard as you possibly can. Then, either the whole canister comes off, or it will loosen. I had to do that only once. I went through about 4 diffrent style's of wrenches before I finally got one that worked right.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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Reply #4 –
FRAM filter is the kind i busted! i couldnt get it on tight enough and i use the rubber strap wrench so it leaved a small little dent in the end on the side that dont hurt nothin' .

i hate a leaky car so me hand tighting it was not an opption, the strap wrench always work great for me and never crushes the seal.
1986 Cougar LS

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Reply #5 –
I've never had a filter leak by hand tightening it.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #6 –
Quote from: thunderjet302;112439
I've never had a filter leak by hand tightening it.


as said before, hand tighten it.. and back 1/4 turn..... kinda like doing the fron rotors..

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Reply #7 –
I'd stay away from those fram filters....Do a web search you will find out what  they are......motorcraft is a btter choice not only for filter media, but can strength

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Reply #8 –
Quote from: Pressure cooked chicken;112418
Wow, I bet I haven't needed a filter wrench on my vehicles in years. I use those fram filters with the rough black stuff on the end for grip. Love 'em. Best invention since sliced bread:grinno:


Yeah, except the filter itself is junk.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
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Reply #9 –
Fram blows, I always tighten my MOTORCRAFT/WIX filters as tight as my greasy hands can tighten them, never had a problem.
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

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Reply #10 –
If your filter leaks after tightening it with your hand you've got a problem. You should NEVER have to use a wrench to tighten the filter. Getting one off is a different story...
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Reply #11 –
To quote the lid on my case of QS16 oil filters (yes I buy in bulk, PAL rocks)

"tighten one half turn from the point at which the rubber gasket first contacts the engine."

What I alwasy do is pull the gasket off the filter, rub a tiny bit of grease on both sides then install.  On large diesels (work related) this is suppost to keep the massive engines from rattling off the filters during prolonged periods of idleing.  I figgure it cant hurt to do it on our cars either.