Stu A.

Did an oil change. Oil, 5 quarts, K&N filter, lower her down, start her up...

oil light flickers and i shut her off immediately..... then OIL ALL OVER THE FLOOR. Its not the plug, and not the filter.... WHAT HAPPENED!!?!?!? This is obscene! I've done 8734958 oil changes... what on earth could i have done wrong... help me!!

RunUrAss

might sound dumb but did you make sure you tighten down the plug after draining out the oil? =X

Stu A.

looking at it now... plug, filter are there... i tightened it like i do every time.... ugggghhh

90crvtec

Old filter gasket sandwiched between your new filter? Did you hand tighten the filter? They're supposed to be turned another 3/4 turn with a wrench once they're hand tight.

RedY2KS2k

It's either the plug or the filter, or you left the oil fill cap off and turned the car upside down.

My best guess is that it's one of three things:
1. The old o-ring from the filter stuck to the flange where the oil filter mounts. I've never done this, but have heard of prodigious leaks when the new o-ring tightens against the old one.
2. Between the time you wiped a drop of oil on the o-ring of the new filter and the time you tightened it, the o-ring came off the new filter. I've done this one. I can't describe it without using the words "Exon Valdez."
3. The oil filter is nowhere near tight. Worst case, it's cross-threaded and got hard to turn before the o-ring sealed.

You wouldn't get a gusher with the drain plug in place, even if it weren't tight. That would drip, not gush. The filter is under pressure and will gush.

jeggy

did you step on a full bottle of oil?

jyeung528

this was fuqing funny.

5 quarts is TOO little for a complete oil change. how much oil are we talking about on the ground here?

perhaps you missed the hole where you pour the oil in...did you get distracted and pour it all over the place and then accidentally pour in the hole when you looked again?

RunUrAss

c'mon folks..give this guy some credit afterall he did do 8734958 oil changes ...i have nothing informational to say regarding this...my next response probably would have been the oil fiter being on too tight or not tight enough

jyeung528

maybe he is over-estimating the number of oil changes he has done?

RunUrAss

i have a gut feeling he's not telling the truth either