This is the 2nd time it's happened to me and it only happens in cold weather.
Went to change the oil in our family's Olds 88 only to find the filter not very tight and oil everywhere. The car was a quart low as well (usually never consumes any oil even with 170,000 miles).
The same thing happened to my Corolla when it was below 0 for a few days a couple years back.
Now mind you, I crank the filters on by hand as hard as I can. I think the extreme oil pressure under brutally cold conditions gets past the filter gasket.
Might start giving them an extra quarter turn with a filter wrench from now on.
Went to change the oil in our family's Olds 88 only to find the filter not very tight and oil everywhere. The car was a quart low as well (usually never consumes any oil even with 170,000 miles).
The same thing happened to my Corolla when it was below 0 for a few days a couple years back.
Now mind you, I crank the filters on by hand as hard as I can. I think the extreme oil pressure under brutally cold conditions gets past the filter gasket.
Might start giving them an extra quarter turn with a filter wrench from now on.