WARNING! Heads Up!

[toolboxchev]

I have heard about this happening before on this site but today I caught a major catastrophe before it happened.

Changing the oil doing my normal thing, prefilled the new oil filter. This is a new to me brand and I do not blame the brand for the issue.

So I normally wipe the oil pan off as I put in the drain plug and my rag is fairly clean so I decide to wipe the area off in and around the oil filter. Low and behold to me the old filter gasket had separated during removal and was stuck to the Oil Filter adapter.

I have both read on here and seen on here when they do this and you put the new filter on it causes a major leak. I most likely saved my engine from complete destruction as I am about to take a road trip for a job interview.

Be Aware!