Oil filter leaking - HELP!

[Genxer]

I've done a LOT of oil changes on different cars and had maybe one bad filter in all that time. I had to tighten the crap out of one because it started leaking. Never figured out why either. It was a factory Honda filter. Maybe tolerances are a bit off or something. If you have any more trouble swap it out for another.

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[randotheking]

Did some searching and apparently there is a low oil sensors... I wonder why it didn't go off? I wonder what the threshold is... I literally added 3-4 quarts to get it back to where it should be. Hopefully the sensor is still good and I got lucky catching it when I did.

 

[Genxer]

Did some searching and apparently there is a low oil sensors... I wonder why it didn't go off? I wonder what the threshold is... I literally added 3-4 quarts to get it back to where it should be. Hopefully the sensor is still good and I got lucky catching it when I did.

You had better keep a close eye on that j/s

 

[randotheking]

Got around to changing my oil yesterday, only 6,700 miles since the last change. No leaks found, not even around the old filter. After filling 6 qts I checked the dip stick and the oil barely even touched the part where the oil level should be...so perhaps false alarm. I added another quart (7 qts total) and that put the oil mark where it needed to be.... I know 2018+ take 8 qts but I swear mine used to read fine with 6...

I also noticed when tightening the oil filter, using all my strength it would continue to tighten ever so slightly... I kept doing this until I couldn't do it any longer... I'm guessing the first time around I just didn't tighten it enough. There were no leaks after my oil change this time.

I'm sending my oil sample to blackstone for testing, which I've done for the previous 3 oil changes so I have a good baseline to test against.

 

[Goterr0r]

Got around to changing my oil yesterday, only 6,700 miles since the last change. No leaks found, not even around the old filter. After filling 6 qts I checked the dip stick and the oil barely even touched the part where the oil level should be...so perhaps false alarm. I added another quart (7 qts total) and that put the oil mark where it needed to be.... I know 2018+ take 8 qts but I swear mine used to read fine with 6...

I also noticed when tightening the oil filter, using all my strength it would continue to tighten ever so slightly... I kept doing this until I couldn't do it any longer... I'm guessing the first time around I just didn't tighten it enough. There were no leaks after my oil change this time.

I'm sending my oil sample to blackstone for testing, which I've done for the previous 3 oil changes so I have a good baseline to test against.

2018's take 10 quarts of oil.....

 

[randotheking]

2018's take 10 quarts of oil.....

That is pretty excessive, DI must make the oil very dirty.

 

[DavidHuff]

2018's take 10 quarts of oil.....

2017's take 8 quarts with filter

 

[15rs3]

Hey OP, if you still have this issue, did your oil filter assembly look like this? With the oil leaking from the mounting adapter and not the filter?

Here is a different shot of the oil filter adapter.

I have this problem on my 15 Roush. What did you do to fix it?

 

[2morrow]

I have this problem on my 15 Roush. What did you do to fix it?

Took it in as it was under warranty. It was a defective oil adapter/cooler assembly. It took almost a week to get it all sorted out.

Good luck!

-T

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