Friday, January 8, 2010

Why would an oil filter have many dents on it?

When I removed the old oil filter there was alot of dents. Could it be from rocks?Why would an oil filter have many dents on it?
Oil filters are attached with wrenches that squeeze the outside area and someone might have squeezed that tightly knowing it doesn't really matter if its squeezed.


Or it could have been rocks or road debree from driving. Oil filters are put in clear, accessible areas under your engine so you can get to them easily. Nothing covers them and they just sit right at the bottom. A gravel road could leave you quite dented.Why would an oil filter have many dents on it?
oil filters are attached by being hand tightened. :) more than likely if your oil filter is attached near the bottom of your engine block, it was hit with rocks thrown by your very mean tires.
it could be that someone tried to get it off and could,nt so they left it on.

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