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If its for your car it will leak oil faster and therefore make you change your oil more often.
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What happens if oil filter cap is loose?
Neither your oil filter, or the fill cap need to be loose, the filter should be screwed on as tight as you can get it by hand only, and the fill cap should fit snugly so it does not come off. If the oil filter is loose or too tight you can blow out the seal which will cause you lose all your oil.
How do you change the oil filter on a Saturn 2003 ION?
Place a drip pan below of the oil filter. Attach an oil filter wrench to the filter. Turn the wrench to the left. When the oil filter is loose turn with your hand until it comes off.
What will happen if you keep a old oil filter on but you change the oil?
That would depend on how long the oil filter has been in use. At worst, the filter could become clogged and restrict or prevent the flow of oil through the engine.
What is the Common cause oil leaks?
A loose, improperly aligned or worn-out oil filter are common causes of car oil leaks. A loose or improperly threaded drain plug could also cause an oil leak to occur.
Leaking oil in the front passenger side could your oil pan be loose?
Possible, but more likely a leaking oil filter or valve cover
What happens if oil filter was not changed on a 1994 ford thunder-bird during an oil change?
Nothing terrible will happen but the old oil in the filter will mix with the new. I would recommend you change the oil and oil filter again. This will insure that you will have clean oil throughout the motor.
Leaking oil form the bottom of my oil fiter on my 1994 Ford Ranger 6cyl. engine?
You don't say where it is leaking oil from. Kind of hard to offer suggestions on how to repair. Could be oil pan cracked or loose, oil pan gasket, oil filter gasket, oil filter loose or cracked; valve cover gasket, etc. Is it smoking? Please give more detail.
How do you fix a 1995 Lincoln Town Car that leaks a little oil right on top of the aluminum component below the oil filter?
Try tightening or replacing the oil filter it may be loose or the gasket may be defective
What would cause the oil filter to pop off?
Somebody didn't install it properly and it vibrated loose.
What happens if oil filter gets plugged up?
The bypass valve will open and the dirty oil will bypass the filter and go throughout the engine. This will never happen if you change your oil every 5,000 miles and also change the filter.
What will cause An oil leak below the oil filter on a 1988 s-10 with 2.8 v6?
Oil filter installed incorrectly as in too tight, too loose, the gasket was not oiled prior to installation, or the old filter gasket was left on. It can also be a valve cover gasket leaking and running down by the filter. Replace the oil filter and oil the gasket and tighten 3/4 turn after it makes contact with the mounting surface. If the leak persists if is not the filter.
98 neon that massively leaks oil what could it be?
You don't say where it is leakong from, but if from under the engine, it could be a loose or damaged oil filter, loose or bad oil pan gasket; damaged oil pan, loose plug on oil pan, bad main seal, cracke or broken block, just to name some possible causes.
