02-22-2016, 07:24 AM
Update. It's not leaking because it backed out as I assumed, It's leaking because the oil filter FAILED.
The K&N, as already noted, has a (not 17mm(wrench too big) and not 16mm(wrench too small), dunno WTF it actually is, not SAE either) nut on the front that is press riveted onto a plate on the face of the oil filter, THAT is where it is leaking from.
I have the Yoshimura hand bent exhaust, and it is less then a quarter inch from the nut on the filter, I am now guessing that due to thermal transferrence, the riveted part seperates and Woila! Leak!
Now you know.
Last time, I replaced the filter with another K&N I already had rather then just re-tightening and hoping it would work.
So, lesson learned.
Bugger, now I need an oil filter 'now'..
The K&N, as already noted, has a (not 17mm(wrench too big) and not 16mm(wrench too small), dunno WTF it actually is, not SAE either) nut on the front that is press riveted onto a plate on the face of the oil filter, THAT is where it is leaking from.
I have the Yoshimura hand bent exhaust, and it is less then a quarter inch from the nut on the filter, I am now guessing that due to thermal transferrence, the riveted part seperates and Woila! Leak!
Now you know.
Last time, I replaced the filter with another K&N I already had rather then just re-tightening and hoping it would work.
So, lesson learned.
Bugger, now I need an oil filter 'now'..