Thread: O Ring failure on oil filter housing
View Single Post
Old Sep 15, 2010 | 01:08 PM
  #6 (permalink)  
msheredy's Avatar
msheredy
Forum Regular
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 953
Likes: 1
From: San Diego, CA
Default Re: O Ring failure on oil filter housing
Originally Posted by bmorgan
You should not be using a filter wrench to tighten the filter. It just needs to be barely hand tight.
It says right on the cap 25 nm which is roughly 19ft lbs. I believe the hand tight "spec" is for spin on filters.
 
Reply
0