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Hello all,
I attempted to change the oil and filter today, but something went quite wrong.
When I unscrewed the old oil filter, the threaded stub that the filter screws on to also came out. Then I stupidly screwed the stub into the new filter and the whole assembly onto the car. After tightening the filter and starting the engine, the filter flew out, together with all the new oil :bang:
After that, I first screwed the stub into the car (tightened it by hand because I didn't see an obvious way of using a tool there) and then screwed the filter onto it. Is this approach sufficient to prevent this disaster from happening again?
I attempted to change the oil and filter today, but something went quite wrong.
When I unscrewed the old oil filter, the threaded stub that the filter screws on to also came out. Then I stupidly screwed the stub into the new filter and the whole assembly onto the car. After tightening the filter and starting the engine, the filter flew out, together with all the new oil :bang:
After that, I first screwed the stub into the car (tightened it by hand because I didn't see an obvious way of using a tool there) and then screwed the filter onto it. Is this approach sufficient to prevent this disaster from happening again?