[Mgs] alternative to the inverted oil filter mount?

[mgbob at juno.com]

  I keep a couple of spin-on filters on a shelf in my garage, but it's never
as cold in CT as in Minnesota.   The instructions with the Wix filters I use
say to wipe a film of oil onto the gasket face before installation, then to
turn 1/4 turn (or something slight) after gasket touches the filter bracket.
  TD owners sometimes report that their gaskets in the horizontal cannister
type filter will twist and bunch up, then leak profusely.  It's not happened
to me, but make a real mess, they say. I suspect that happens because the
cannister turns against a dry gasket (they have a square-cut O ring) and the
ring moves and bunches.
Bob


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Paul Root <ptrmgb at gmail.com>
To: "mgbob at juno.com" <mgbob at juno.com>
Cc: mgs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Mgs] alternative to the inverted oil filter mount?
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:59:49 -0500

Yes, mine is the inverted, spin on type. I hate it. Makes a big mess when
changing. And the threads are very soft aluminum, easy to cross-thread/strip.
I did that 6-7 years ago.
The one I have now isn't too bad, but I never seem to get it tight the first
time. I double checked, but the gasket coming out did me in this time.

Sitting for a year in the Minnesota cold garage may have compromised the
integrity of the gasket.

On Jul 27, 2011, at 4:27 PM, mgbob at juno.com wrote: