Hi - I had a very serious event happen tonight during an attempted oil change with my 2004 Honda Accord (LX, 4dr., 2.4 litre). In fact, I am wondering if I've ruined my car. I am sitting here writing this with
4.2 litres of 5W-20 synthetic all over my garage floor at the moment, all of which came gushing out from around a new Bosch oil filter after I changed the engine oil and started up the car. But this is only the second time I have changed my oil at home (first time on this particular vehicle), and I forgot to look under the car for leaks after starting the engine. I began hearing this horrendous screaching noise within a minute (yep....like metal grating against metal), but it was a full 10-15 seconds before I was able to turn off the car. That's when I found the 4.2 litres of oil all over the floor. I took off the Bosch filter and put a new identical one on, then re-filled with new oil. This time I actually tried to tighten it with an oil filter wrench, and I got it very tight but it still had a leak (a slow leak this time) when I started up the car. The filter which had been on there from the last oil change at the shop was a Fram CPH3593A, and it was real, REAL tight. I tried and tried and tried to get it off with the oil filter wrench, and finally had to use a lubricant ("liquid wrench") and so much force that I actually crushed the canister. I mention this as a possible reason for the leak if I stripped the threads. FIRST QUESTION: Have I ruined my engine??? The car sounded OK once I re-filled with new oil and started it up, though of course I had to turn it right back off with that leak. But it did run with no oil at all for about 15 seconds. Also, is a Bosch 3315 the correct oil filter for my car? And finally, is it possibe I stripped or warped the threads when taking off the Fram filter which was on there with 3 million foot pounds of torque? ANY ideas or suggestions would be very greatly appreciated. - Paul S.- posted
17 years ago