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The importance of torqueing your oil filters
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1970 220D, owned 1980-1990 1980 240D, owned 1990-1992 1982 300TD, owned 1992-1993 1986 300SDL, owned 1993-2004 1999 E300, owned 1999-2003 1982 300TD, 213,880mi, owned since Nov 18, 1991- Aug 4, 2010 SOLD 1988 560SL, 100,000mi, owned since 1995 1965 Mustang Fastback Mileage Unknown(My sons) 1983 240D, 176,000mi (My daughers) owned since 2004 2007 Honda Accord EX-L I4 auto, the new daily driver 1985 300D 264,000mi Son's new daily driver.(sold) 2008 Hyundai Tiberon. Daughters new car |
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Yeah, it's only necessary to hold the oil in, not lift a battleship with the bolt!
I'll bet the "funny feeling" you had was that the bolt wouldn't "bottom out" like normal -- having cracked the fitting, you were extracting it! Hope the repair wasn't too bad..... At least she stopped at once, no engine damage! I've got Mother trained, she reported that the oil pressure gauge read zero one day, but since the gas gauge and temp gauge did too, she could drive slowly home. Blown fuse. Peter
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1972 220D ?? miles 1988 300E 200,012 1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles 1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000 1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs! |
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The bad feeling was the filter trying to tell me to GO LOOK THE TORQUE SETTING UP IN THE MANUAL AND GET ONE OF YOUR TORQUE WRENCHES.
Look at the picture The bolt goes into the black threaded unit that is still on the filter unit. The black treaded unit screws into the aluminum unit I am holding. As I tightened the bolt the steel bolt tightened into the black treaded unit, steel. And the weak link was the aluminum unit I am holding. I have attached a picture of the assembly in order of assembly. the bolt, bolt reciever and aluminum unit with the aluminum reciever broken off. "hope the repair wasn't to bad" $255 for the towing and $380 for the repair. I would have done it but I was in school and life is on hold while in school. Its to important. Your career is on the line during your training. If you flunk and get nervous you could be in front of the FAA who could think about suspending your license. SO its full of pressure. Ive been on the same aircraft for 13 years and flown it for 15.5 total so I'm very comfortable with the aircraft and my knowledge. But you still get nervous during training. Dave
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1970 220D, owned 1980-1990 1980 240D, owned 1990-1992 1982 300TD, owned 1992-1993 1986 300SDL, owned 1993-2004 1999 E300, owned 1999-2003 1982 300TD, 213,880mi, owned since Nov 18, 1991- Aug 4, 2010 SOLD 1988 560SL, 100,000mi, owned since 1995 1965 Mustang Fastback Mileage Unknown(My sons) 1983 240D, 176,000mi (My daughers) owned since 2004 2007 Honda Accord EX-L I4 auto, the new daily driver 1985 300D 264,000mi Son's new daily driver.(sold) 2008 Hyundai Tiberon. Daughters new car |
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Spin on oil filters always say "Hand Tighten Only". Can we assume this is good advice for our cartridge filters housing also?
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Thank you very much for sharing your experience.
I have been always using 3/8 ratchet to tighten my filter cap on my 400E, better stop before I run out of luck. The first thing to do when I go back home tonight will be loosing the bolt and reset torque.
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99 BMW 540i 6-speed 110K Km 03 SAAB 9-5 wagon 80K Km 92 400E (Sold) 245K km Still missing the days with the Benz, it kept me busy. |
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dmorrison,
Hope the rest of you weekend goes well ! ![]()
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