Oil filter fail!!
#1
09-29-2012, 09:12 PM
Oil filter fail!!
Has anyone ever seen this happen?
I couldnt find any signs of external damage at all.
I was just lucky i caught it...was on wives jeep...dumped almost half a quart while driving around town.
I couldnt find any signs of external damage at all.
I was just lucky i caught it...was on wives jeep...dumped almost half a quart while driving around town.
Last edited by warthogdriver; 09-29-2012 at 09:16 PM.
#6
09-30-2012, 05:38 AM
I havent looked at it in good light...was late when i fixed it. I only found it because she kept it running while i went into the store and when i came out there was a 8 inch diameter puddle under the car in a place there shouldnt be. I always glance under my cars when i get in...just as i walk up. Paranoid i guess....but it paid off last night.
edit.
ok i looked at it...i cant see any hits or creases in the filter. i doubt road debris...it is the 4.7 and the filter is tucked up there really high. i looked in the bay around the engine to see if maybe something did get up in there and bounce around...found nothing.
edit.
ok i looked at it...i cant see any hits or creases in the filter. i doubt road debris...it is the 4.7 and the filter is tucked up there really high. i looked in the bay around the engine to see if maybe something did get up in there and bounce around...found nothing.
Last edited by warthogdriver; 09-30-2012 at 09:29 AM.
#7
09-30-2012, 02:57 PM
At first glance it looks like a crease but the dark spot running vertically is oil. It got a little hole in it. Did you prime the filter at all?
#8
09-30-2012, 05:47 PM
well its a blue filter, so that means its not a Fram filter,, yea!!
so i guess the pressure is off of Fram and now on to that brand
so i guess the pressure is off of Fram and now on to that brand
#9
09-30-2012, 07:23 PM
nope...filter is STP.
i always fill the filter (just the way i was taught).
i dont know what happened to it. the hole after i cleaned it up looks like a needle was stuck into it.
the dimples in the pic are just from the top of the filter being dimpled the way they all are.
i always fill the filter (just the way i was taught).
i dont know what happened to it. the hole after i cleaned it up looks like a needle was stuck into it.
the dimples in the pic are just from the top of the filter being dimpled the way they all are.
#10
10-02-2012, 08:00 PM
STP filters are IMO one of the worst. They have a plastic web core and they collapse, not to mention the thin casing. My dad used to use them and he had 2 fails before he took my recommendation and switched to Wix. O'riely's MicroGard and Wal-Mart's Supertech filters are trash as well with the same plastic core's. You can't go wrong with a Wix or Pureolator. 