fastford04150

i can install a flowmaster exhaust, and, i'm about to install my whipple BUT the dealership has always done oil (maint. package) for vehicle and while its convention i wanted to know after installing the oil filter hand tight. Do you turn it a 1/4 turn to fully tighten or 3/4 a turn w/the filter wrench...

Bradracer18

I personally just do mine hand tight(which is pretty tight anyways)...or maybe throw a 1/4 or less turn with the wrench. They seem to tighten up on their own throughout the oil life(between changes). Make sure you take some fresh oil and rub around the gasket on the filter and you'll be fine

Good old Bill

Yeah, 1/2-3/4 turn by hand. Then its, "who's the gorrilla that put this thing on" at the next oil change.

ford4wd08

haha i cuss myself at times when i put my oil filters on so tight, im like why the hell did i turn it that much lol

fastford04150

what gets me the most - and i've done a good amount of the oil changes on other vehicles first time this wkend on mine as factory maint. package ran out...why the hell is fram the ONLY ONE that puts the grip on the filter - i spent twenty minutes trying to get my fat big hands ona oil filter w/slipper hands and a wrench that wouldn't grab it - damn engineers looking at a computer going hmm a hand will fit there...

ford4wd08

yea maybe a 6 year old girls hand lol

fastford04150

Of course - ford based design on the fact that every neighborhood has atleast one six year old girl with small hands in the local area....

Good old Bill

X10 to Fastford, thats why I use Fram my self. Getting to old and have lost all the grip in these "6 year old little girl hands". Hands are still small but belley is bigger, need taller jack stands.

fastford04150

had to take a filter off a friends truck (ram) with a screwdriver by punching a hole in filter and turning it - couldn't get a filter tool down to it on this particular model - it eventually came off though -

jazar10

ohhh i remember when i yelled at my truck asking myself that question... haha screwdriver through the filter works...... very well too... and its fun... just make sure that when you put everything back in, to not forget to plug in a wire