Hey...gotta extend a big thank you to the members on this board and here is why.
Before I did my first oil change on my truck, I researched this board to see what brand of oil everyone was using. In one of the posts that came up for my search, there was a very small, but extremly important little detail that I was made aware of when changing the oil filter. "Watch out for the oil filter gasket remaining on the oil pump"!!!!
Unscrewed the old oil filter and right as I was about to screw the new filter on, I remembered what this forum warned me about...took a good hard look up at the mating surface of the oil pump, and sure enough...there was the old oil filter gasket still sitting on the pump. Ha! :rock:
You guys saved my bacon, and saved me from a world of a mess on my driveway and all up under the chassis of the truck. :elefant:
A big thanks for sharing your experiences with everyone!
-Joe
Before I did my first oil change on my truck, I researched this board to see what brand of oil everyone was using. In one of the posts that came up for my search, there was a very small, but extremly important little detail that I was made aware of when changing the oil filter. "Watch out for the oil filter gasket remaining on the oil pump"!!!!
Unscrewed the old oil filter and right as I was about to screw the new filter on, I remembered what this forum warned me about...took a good hard look up at the mating surface of the oil pump, and sure enough...there was the old oil filter gasket still sitting on the pump. Ha! :rock:
You guys saved my bacon, and saved me from a world of a mess on my driveway and all up under the chassis of the truck. :elefant:
A big thanks for sharing your experiences with everyone!
-Joe
