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Spin on oil filter conversion
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:14 pm
by jaguar68
Ok chaps,
silly question time. how do you seal the oil pipe union where the adaptor screws into the filter head? I'm assuming that it does need sealing, even in just from a good engineering practice point of view.
Regards
John
Re: Spin on oil filter conversion
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:55 pm
by chrisryder
PTFE tape or loctite sealant. Theoretically, the tapered bit doesn't require anything.
Re: Spin on oil filter conversion
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:07 pm
by jaguar68
Aha, I had thought of PTFE tape. I didn't realise it was a tapered thread
Re: Spin on oil filter conversion
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:24 pm
by chrisryder
It's been a while since i looked at one, but i have a feeling the boss into the filter head is tapered. Where the link pipe goes on to the boss is just a normal thread, but the pipe is flared like a brake pipe, so really it shouldn't need sealing on either.
Re: Spin on oil filter conversion
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:58 pm
by katy
Don't overtighten it or you'll split the filter head.
Re: Spin on oil filter conversion
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:32 pm
by ampwhu
katy wrote:Don't overtighten it or you'll split the filter head.
done that!
Re: Spin on oil filter conversion
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:49 pm
by MarkyB
At the end of the day it's far better to just nip things like this up then, if they leak, nip them up a little more.
Breaking stuff tends to be a PITA!