Originally Posted by Nuke

The only issues with overtightening the oil filter (which you did NOT do by hand unless you're King Kong) are:

1. crushing/deforming the o-ring in which case you'll have a nice mess under the car when you start it
2. require the vice-grips from hell to remove the filter next oil change

I've been doing oil changes on all my vehicles for the paast 30-some years and I hand tighten until 1/2 to 3/4 turn after the gasket seats, then another 1/4 to 1/2 turn with the filter wrench. The filter is tight to come off but not to the point of needing to use unusual measures like the grip from hell or jam a screwdriver thru it for leverage (old school).

Originally Posted by siggyfreud

Jesus dude calm down. If you're really that nervous about touching the car, stop touching it.

Originally Posted by wcgman

In all the years I've been working on cars I only overtighted one time on an old pickup and that was a darned nightmare getting it off. Ended up hacking the hell out of it, punchin a screwdriver through it to get enuf leverage.

If you can tighten that by hand and get it like that, I'll pay for your next oil change. Trust us, you wont be able to overtighten it unless you're frikkin Arnold S.

Originally Posted by baddog671

Hey guys, I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich yesterday but I think I put the peanut butter lid on too tight. Should I buy a new jar??

Originally Posted by Nuke

I was waiting for you to say that you pressed the 2 slices of bread together too tight...