tompo1979 0 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Ok so i came to do an oil an filter change this morn on my 97 vr. Took the oil filter cover off an there was no rubber o-ring, anyway put the new filter in a mann one from gsf an the o-ring supplied seemed to big once one and hey presto!!! it pi**ed oil over my drive...Got new filter an o-ring from the stealers and it seems a tighter fit...Do you just do these hand tight because think if over tighten o-ring pops out the side....Anyone else had this hassle and what was the outcome? Sorry its a tad long Thanks in advance stu... Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 nope but that sounds a nightmare Link to post Share on other sites
xyber 1 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 gsf ones are rough, VW ones are only a few quid more and a much better fitThe filter housing needs to be snugged up by hand then its just over 1/8 of a turn with a socket, bascically stop when you feel resistanceI take it you have the tube element type filter, not the metal canister, GSF insisted to me that the metal one was correct, so I told him to forget it and walked down the road to TPS Link to post Share on other sites
tompo1979 0 Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Cheers for the reply xyber,yeah the vw one fitted much beta but i still think its a crap idea..did it up hand tight then nipped up with rachet does'nt seem to be leacking when ran upto temp.Do you think it could blow seal on m'way say if it was'nt tight enough? Link to post Share on other sites
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