lower

I'm pleased for you.

Are you sure you want to advise other people to take the same risk?

s2konroids

I'm pleased too.

There was no risk when have done mine, and has not been on the numerous other cars i have done myself in the last 5-6 years, including my cousins CTR.

People can make there mind up what they do, i was merely posting how i do it - its never caused me any problems.

Ultra_Nexus

I have been putting filters on many different high revving Honda engines, including motorbikes) for years by doing them hand tight.

Never had a problem, including on my own S2000.

However, since the procedure outlined by Honda is soooooo simple, you may as well follow it.

No brainer really.

s2konroids

I must be quite strong too haha, but the engines do vibrate a bit so they need to be tight.

Ultra_Nexus

Honda have readdressed this issue with a service bulletin.

The best thing about it is that you know you are getting a consistent tightness every time

lower

Absolutely. Post the how-to but tell people how it should be done and then tell them the shortcut/bodge/other options etc. Then they can make their own minds up.

s2konroids

Not just me who does it that way mate

It's hardly a bodge. If it was the oil filter i have fitted would of fallen off by now and blew up the engine.

I know what your saying about using tools correct torque blah blah but I have never had any problems.

Ultra_Nexus

However for the sake of an extra 20 seconds, you may as well do it like Honda suggest.

It eliminates variances in Hand Torquing (which will change from person to person).

So for a newbie, following the Honda recommendation is definitely the best bet

nomadicS2k

Clearly it depends on how "macho" you are and what you consider hand-tight!!!!

There's a torque advisory on the can you might as well use it, if anything for piece of mind, especially for the not too confident.

Its a 30 second check that could well save an engine fire?

Indeed : a no brainer.

m1bjr

I'm glad you lot don't work in either

1. medical
2. aviation
3. nuclear

Particularly Nuclear

The instruction on the Honda branded filter, made in USA, is quite precise.
But hey, you guys know best, you have been getting away with it for years.
Remember Three Mile Island?
Here is a top quote from the Wiki summary -

"There is consensus that the accident was exacerbated by wrong decisions made because the operators were overwhelmed with information, much of it irrelevant, misleading or incorrect."