After a bout with putting a new oil pan gasket on the Stallion first start up looked under car and oil was pouring out first thought was that piece of crap felpro one piece gasket. Hurried to get car shut off, pushed car back to get it away from oil slick you would have thought the Exxon Valdez had run aground again crawled under car and found that it was coming from new oil filter, looked at it from the top side and could see the gasket was askew. Long story short make sure you take old gasket out before installing new filter cause doubled up the dont worth a darn. I usually at least look for this but just spaced it out because I was so close to getting done after working on the car for several days I am a believer in the felpro one piece gaskets after using this one, no leaks and easy to install with the plastic holder doo dads they provide with gaskets. Guess it was a good thing because while I was under there I got gas dripping on me, hose from gas line to fuel pump had deteriorated, it looked like it was fairly new this is the second fuel line that I have come across that was eaten up and I chalk it up to the fuel we get today.
Yes the ethonal fuel will eat up rubber and will get corrosion in everything else,nothing but shit fuel that we have today
you are lucky it happened in the shop. Earl was coming up I75 N when his blew out the extra gasket. it was a quick fix but scary just the same. Mike and I went up to the auto parts store and got him some oil...
Wow that would have been scary talk about an oil slick I would have thought it would go on first start up it must have been lined up just right. You dont realize how much oil the pump puts out until you see it in person I figure I lost 2 1/2 quarts in less than 20 seconds
I had that happen on my '73 Mustang conv. Started it up and was pulling out of the garage to test drive it and noticed the oil. Dumped 3- 4 quarts in that short span. Would have blown the engine for sure. I changed the oil on the Sprint Stang yesterday. The first thing I checked was to make sure the old gasket was gone. Glad your situation got under control quickly. Jim
The filter gasket mating surface should always be wiped clean, no exception... That will also alert you if the gasket from old filter is stuck to it...
Possibly I've never had one leave the gasket behind, but then I always oil the gasket on install as it no doubt helps prevent sticking...
I used a FL1a motorcraft filter as it is the only type I ever use, it was just a stupid blunder on my part for not checking and cleaning the filter mating surface I guarantee you it will never happen again sometimes the school of hard knocks teaches you valuable lessons.
