Did the oil change on my Thunderbird like usual, drained the oil, took the old filter off, threw a new one on. Put my 5.3 qts of oil in (such a pain to measure that last .3 qts, I'm so OCD about stuff like that )
Started my car, noticed my oil pressure wasn't quite as high as it usually is, so I drove it around the block to warm it up a bit to see if there was a difference...ran pretty normal. Get back to my garage, left my car running while I went to get a drink of water, come back...and there was an oily mess on my garage floor
Turns out the filter was slightly bent and the gasket wasn't fitting right! Lost a little over 2 qts. of oil total, what a mess!
Luckily my little bro was home and I borrowed his car to get to the autoparts store to get a new filter and some oil.
Overall I'm mad at myself for not noticing the defective filter, it tighted up fine but I shoulda noticed some curvature (I shoulda taken a picture of it too! ) Spent over an hour cleaning my dad's garage floor Lesson learned I guess.
Started my car, noticed my oil pressure wasn't quite as high as it usually is, so I drove it around the block to warm it up a bit to see if there was a difference...ran pretty normal. Get back to my garage, left my car running while I went to get a drink of water, come back...and there was an oily mess on my garage floor
Turns out the filter was slightly bent and the gasket wasn't fitting right! Lost a little over 2 qts. of oil total, what a mess!
Luckily my little bro was home and I borrowed his car to get to the autoparts store to get a new filter and some oil.
Overall I'm mad at myself for not noticing the defective filter, it tighted up fine but I shoulda noticed some curvature (I shoulda taken a picture of it too! ) Spent over an hour cleaning my dad's garage floor Lesson learned I guess.