I hate oil coolers!
 

I have a 92 laser, and my oil filter blows off. I cant think of anything else but to change it to a 90 oil cooler. Does anyone else know of anything else i can do? Ive changed it to a mitsu oil filter. then I tightened the bolt down to 11 ft/lbs. I cant think of anything else?


-Colin

Re: I hate oil coolers!
 

The threaded part in the middle is replaceable. Is that stripped out or something? I have never heard of the actual filter coming off before.

Re: I hate oil coolers!
 

are you sure its not the gasket behind the oil filter housing? If your blowing off your oil filter... you should fix that quick before you lock up your motor ;(

Re: I hate oil coolers!
 

I say go for the 90 since I bought one for you and we know it will work.

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Some body correct me if I am wrong but I thought the torq for the bolt is suppose to be at 30 ft/lb.

Re: I hate oil coolers!
 

um, what bolt are you talking about? aren't you tightening the filter?

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I have heard of the filter "spinning" off before. Eric Talon520 had this happen more than once on his rally car.

too much vibration going on in there with hard mounts and no balance shafts?

Dan

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You could always do like we did racing motorcycles, safety wire it! Run a wire to something nearby, then to the filter. Put a hose clamp around the filter and wire to hold it in place. Now it can't spin.

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Before I switched to the 90 oil cooler I would just put a dab of blue threadlock on the threads, stopped that problem.
=Jason-

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Maybe I will keep that in mind with my new motor, that is the main reason my motor took a dump. I had to tighten mine daily, and it was stock, bs shafts still in and stock mounts. As it seems, just like many other cars (everytime i take that road there is at least one car on the side), mine took a dump on the by-pass by my house, (racing my brother-in-laws dsm, he won obviously) my oil filter spun off and left a trail of oil for a couple miles.

Re: I hate oil coolers!
 

mine got fixed for free, well its got a safety line of wire on it now. and i fucking love it. Soon(once i get the money to do it) i will be getting a 90 oil cooler and go at it that way. I have an oil leak at the drain plug and at the oil line return line! its sooo horrible, i gotta fix those too!

-Colin