Originally Posted by tiger862
I have done more than I can count and never torqued an oil filter. All manufacturers state lube and hand tighten only. I usually lube , make contact with gasket then half round. I usually can fill if it tightened enough. Have to be careful and not squeeze gasket out. Your picture shows no one wiped off filter from install but not a leak as there is not enough oil on pan in that tight area. Not an oil filter leak proplem. Leak is somewhere else.
excuse me but my oil is clean at the oil change when i had it changed at 90k I changed at 4k OCI miles when the oil was changed it had very few carbon flakes floating in it unless you looked up close
so these carbon flakes did not magically appear..
you can clearly see carbon flakes in the oil in the droplet oil on on the filter as the oil had burned to a crisp
Hey have you ever had burger king you know those black lines on the meat?
THAT is Carbonized oil from the last few weeks of burgers (that is why sometimes they taste like stale oil) SAME thing happens in a engine that overheats the oil it get carbon flakes floating around in the oil ...
if the oil overheated that means one thing it was low on oil...
(i don't eat them as the carbon makes me sick and sore throat)
one of the main reasons for taking it to the shop is to have the oil disposed of correctly plus i'm not allowed to do anywork on my car where i live (grounds for eviction or No renewal of lease ) I can look but i can't touch.. ..
this is the torque specs for the LS2 based engine
https://paceperformance.com/files/pdf/ls2-torque-specs.pdf