sounds like a defect get it warrantyedHow long does it take for an oil filter to crack?
The engine oil filter should never ever have a crack present inside or out.The integrity of the oil filtration system is vital to the longevity (lasts a long time) of the engine as a whole, any crack(s) could eventually lead to low oil pressure and inadequate lubrication of vital engine components, in the event of warning system failure your engine without proper lubrication could experience complete seizure.
The tech who installed the oil filter may have neglected to lubricate sealing ring with oil prior to installing the filter resulting in a cracked seal.
Oil filters don't crack under normal range of usage, installation, or even moderate abuse. If there is an actual crack in the casing then you should also be examining it for an outside indentation from something that struck it as well as the other items around it. Odds are that she ran over something that did the damage.
If the oil filter was cracked at the time of the install then it would have been leaking constantly from day one. Oil pools into the oil filter and the oil pan when the car is turned off. There should have been oil puddles everywhere she parked for longer than 5 minutes.
As a general rule oil filters should not crack, however I have had an replacement filter purchased from Halfords split after a couple of weeks.
When I replaced it I striped the oil filter and found that it had only been spot welded on the top and bottom of the filter and not in the center.
I suspect there was a manufacturing problem and I think you have had the same problem.
Ja.
By saying ';cracked';, do you mean it is leaking oil out of the opening. As others have said, I too in my over 40 years of working on cars have never had one crack. I have seen them come loose or split a gasket, but never crack. If it is indeed leaking , I would contact the shop that did the work and have them make things right for her.
if the filter actually has a crack in it and it isnt just a scratch or a crack in the paint then all of the oil would leak out of the car. if it actually is cracked then it is almosr certainly a manufacturing defect because they should never crack no matter how old they are. i could believe that the seam split open more than i could believe the metal wall spontaneously cracked
%26gt;%26gt; oil change about 2 months ago, since then she has put about 2,000 miles on the car. her oil filter is cracked.
I've never heard of oil filter crack. I heard of people not changing them for years and still not crack.
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%26gt;%26gt; im wondering whether the place she took it to didnt do the work she paid for.
That is a possibility. But it is more likely they used cheap defective parts.
Good luck...
I've never heard of an oil filter cracking. The only two things I can think of is that she hit something ( if the filter is on the located on the bottom of the engine ) or it was somehow damaged while it was installed.
The way they inspect the products have her take it back or just buy another filter %26amp; contact the oil filter comp as they would like to have it to see when they stamped it out is making it to thin%26gt;Your only talking about a few $ for the filter%26gt;
She may have Bin driving a little to fast on a dirt road ( or any road ) and kicked up a rock from the front tires and cracked it. Especially if the car is FWD.
Obviously a poor quality filter, or the installer somehow managed to damage the filter. Filters don't EVER crack, they are designed to handle 10 times the max oil pressure.
All oil filters are made by machines now, odds are it was cracked before installation. They only spot check occasionally and missed this one.
You should take the car back and they will probably replace it free if she has the recite.
never had an oil filter crack in 46 yrs. of driving, you must have gotten a defective filter, take it back to where you had the oil changed and see what they say.
i have replaced over 200,000 filters and i have never seen one crack for anything other than the tool that i used to brake it loose from the engine.
the oil filter should NEVER crack.
Perhaps they over-tourqued it, or charged you for a new one and put on a used one.
Where is the filter located? SHe could have hit something..
sounds like its been damaged after or during fittng, the seal should be the weakest part of the filter, ive seen these brake or blow out but not a cracked filter casing, they should last longer than we do.
Your oil filter should not crack unless you ran over something that damage it. Oil filters are not expensive anyhow so just do an oil change and that will take care of your problem...
OIL FILTERS DON'T CRACK!!!!!!!!!
Which Dollar Store did this place BUY their filter FROM?
NEVER go back there again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It might be the paint on the filter, giving the illusion of a crack.
I think you are mistaken. If it was cracked the car would have lost it's oil and ruined the engine.
The paint finish is probably cracked.
It takes 1.34 seconds for a oil filter to fully crack.
Never in 40 years have I heard of an oil filter cracking.
That's the first time I heard that.... the oilf filter must be defective or over torqued
they either over torqued it or something has hit it....
The first speed bump
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