Gentlemen,
there is a ever and ever ongoing discussion about a particular car that can loose filters. The car maker has adressed it and offers a oil filter solely for this car with much higher torques specs compared to all other cars and filters of the car maker: 7/8 turn or 15 - 18 lb/ft or 20 - 24 Nm.
This filter has the typical Asian style "P" shape gasket.
A few owners that dare to try different filters reports that they use(d) aftermarket filters with a regular square shaped rubber gasket and dont have problems. They just installed the filter follwing the instructions 3/4 turn and had zero problems.
While i think about it, could it be that there is a difference in "Grip" of the different rubber gaskets to the engine Block? The P-shaped gasket has a much smaller contact patch compared to a regular square shaped rubber gasket. Thinking about it like a small tire and a wider tire on the road...
Noteworthy is also that the P-shaped gasket is likely to be more compressible.
Any insighst about this, the "Grip" of oil filters to the engine? Am i wrong or is there a difference between different gasket designs?
there is a ever and ever ongoing discussion about a particular car that can loose filters. The car maker has adressed it and offers a oil filter solely for this car with much higher torques specs compared to all other cars and filters of the car maker: 7/8 turn or 15 - 18 lb/ft or 20 - 24 Nm.
This filter has the typical Asian style "P" shape gasket.
A few owners that dare to try different filters reports that they use(d) aftermarket filters with a regular square shaped rubber gasket and dont have problems. They just installed the filter follwing the instructions 3/4 turn and had zero problems.
While i think about it, could it be that there is a difference in "Grip" of the different rubber gaskets to the engine Block? The P-shaped gasket has a much smaller contact patch compared to a regular square shaped rubber gasket. Thinking about it like a small tire and a wider tire on the road...
Noteworthy is also that the P-shaped gasket is likely to be more compressible.
Any insighst about this, the "Grip" of oil filters to the engine? Am i wrong or is there a difference between different gasket designs?