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Apr 22, 2003 | 11:12 PM

#21

vosko

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i tighten them by hand but on a FD there is NO room to unscrew it...

Apr 22, 2003 | 11:22 PM

#22

Jerk_Racer

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Neither did I. That is until I took out the A/C and P/S. Now oil changes and spark plug changes are a breeze.

Apr 22, 2003 | 11:25 PM

#23

vosko

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well my old FC i took that out. swapping the engine is gonna be a few hour process and will be so easy

Apr 23, 2003 | 10:55 AM

#24

j9fd3s

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerk_Racer' date='Apr 22 2003, 06:01 PM

Why do you guys torque the bejeezus out of them? I just put them on as tight as I can twist them on. Wearing rubber gloves while working on my car definitely helps get a solid grip on the can.

the regular mechanics tighten the **** out of them after they have had one fall off

mike

Apr 23, 2003 | 06:27 PM

#25

ECKO1980

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I dont tighten the **** out of them, just removal is alot easyer with the nut on top. + its white and matches my car! lol

Apr 23, 2003 | 06:52 PM

#26

pengaru

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fram is bad mmmkay

in one of the web site tests there was glue found on the clean side of the element in a fram when they took it apart, like a loose booger. **** that.

Apr 23, 2003 | 08:05 PM

#27

Rob x-7

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Quote:

Originally Posted by vosko' date='Apr 23 2003, 12:12 AM

i tighten them by hand but on a FD there is NO room to unscrew it...

same here, tighten by hand, but getting off is the harder part.

Apr 23, 2003 | 10:32 PM

#28

Apex13B

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Another word of advice stay away from WIX and Moroso

I had a Wix filter burst at a measly 70 psi oil pressure on the dyno once, and the moroso filter might as well be a coffee filter.

Apr 23, 2003 | 10:35 PM

#29

Apex13B

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Apr 23 2003, 06:52 PM

fram is bad mmmkay

in one of the web site tests there was glue found on the clean side of the element in a fram when they took it apart, like a loose booger. **** that.

I cut all my filters open, I got me that nice tool. It looks like a huge can opener,but its anodized green

I have seen never any thing like that in an oil filter. I can tell you what color rags you used while building your motor though