So I've got all the oil drained and can NOT get the **** oil filter loose
I Just want to clarify the direction it needs to go to come LOOSE. So if you are looking down on the filter which way does it need to spin clockwise or counter clockwise?
Thanks TIA

 

clockwise rotation

 

Lefty loosy Righty Tighty

 

Thanks guys.

 

Just make sure that you are looking up at it when you try to do it, if you are looking down from the top of the motor, it's backwards...

 

Make sure you rub a light film of oil on the seal of the new filter. That's what seems to stick and a reason i do all my own oil changes. it seems like sometimes the oil change places keep a gorilla in the closet just for tightening filters and drain plugs.

 

Oil makes the oilfilter seal swell and get tighter

 

It will swell when it's saturated. A light film just rubbed on with a finger tip will keep it from sticking.

http://www.cumminsfiltration.com/pdf...res/SB1-02.pdf

The Fleetgaurd installation instructions direct you to do this. In fact every filter I've ever seen seem to have a little set of installation instructions that say to do this.

 

At first I thought you were telling him to be sure to look up at the filter upon removal.. Talk about getting a facial.

 

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Knowledge is good!

 

Originally Posted by LeonT
If the "check engine" light is on, it's a 6.7.

 

The light film of oil on the gasket isn't to swell the seal, it's to lubricate the seal so it will tighten properly.

 

never in my life of a thousand oil changes have i ever seen a swelled filter gasket. all of them that were way too tight were actually smashed down evidence of being over-tightened.

 

he was just trying to be funny