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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...

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gsf ones are rough, VW ones are only a few quid more and a much better fit

The 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 resistance

I 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

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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?

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