oil filter fell off !!!! - Page 2

Darren69 · 27-01-2019, 11:19 AM

Just get an oil filter socket, they're not expensive and very handy and you don't need a nut on the end to tighten or remove it. It uses the flats on the end of the filter and you can use it to tighten by hand and with a socket wrench to remove it if needed. Less messy than stabbing through it with a screwdriver too.

Flip · 27-01-2019, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by slob

Or you can buy a purpose made clamp- I only did this to make up the order to justify the postage to be honest- else the Jubilee clip would have stayed on mine too

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I have to say in all the years I've been riding I've never had an oil filter come loose and the only ones to ever leak on any bike (or car for that matter) were in that bad batch of genuine Ducati ones from a couple of years ago.

utopia · 28-01-2019, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Darren69

Just get an oil filter socket.

Only trouble with that is that some (many) aftermarket filters have a different number of flats on the hex than the std Ducati ones have.
I laboriously hacked a homemade wrench out of 5/16 inch steel plate.
Imagine my annoyance when it didn't fit the aftermarket filter that I bought.
Easily solved by sticking to std or similar filters though.

I quite like the notion of using a jubilee clip to hammer on.
Filed for future reference.

Darren69 · 28-01-2019, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by utopia

Only trouble with that is that some (many) aftermarket filters have a different number of flats on the hex than the std Ducati ones have.
I laboriously hacked a homemade wrench out of 5/16 inch steel plate.
Imagine my annoyance when it didn't fit the aftermarket filter that I bought.
Easily solved by sticking to std or similar filters though.

I quite like the notion of using a jubilee clip to hammer on.
Filed for future reference.

That's annoying. You could always use a strap wrench as backup in that case maybe?

emzedder · 28-01-2019, 06:33 PM

I'm on my third leaky standard Ducati filter. Always worse in cold weather until warm up but constantly dripping now (even leakier than my M21 and that says something). Seems it is rubber seal defect / deformation as they are always tightened correctly.

utopia · 28-01-2019, 06:48 PM

I've been using HiFlo filters lately.
Partly because they fit my wrench and partly because that's what was sold by the company that I last got my Shell Advance from.
I suppose they must have the same hex as std .. can't remember for sure but I could check.
Had no leaks with those, anyway.
Well not that I've noticed, though the bellypan shrouds things a tad.

jerry · 29-01-2019, 05:13 AM

I have strap wrench and oil filter

i have always doubled checked filter tightness

Hi Flo are very good quality

mickj · 29-01-2019, 08:46 AM

I use HiFlo filters on all my bikes and have never had a problem with them.

Dukedesmo · 29-01-2019, 08:54 AM

I've used Ducati, Hiflo and more recently K&N and never had a leak or one come loose.

I use K&N purely because the hex makes them easier to fit/remove, said hex also has a lockwire hole in it if required.

I've read various debates/arguments online regarding the the filtration qualities but I highly doubt there's much difference between any of them.

jerry · 29-01-2019, 02:23 PM

irony is today the Brand new oil pressure switch started to leak clean oil out of the electrical connector ,, DOH!!!! they are so crappy

27-01-2019, 11:19 AM	#16
Darren69 Transmaniacon MOC Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sutton In Ashfield Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 6,022	Just get an oil filter socket, they're not expensive and very handy and you don't need a nut on the end to tighten or remove it. It uses the flats on the end of the filter and you can use it to tighten by hand and with a socket wrench to remove it if needed. Less messy than stabbing through it with a screwdriver too. __________________ Roast Beef Monster! Termignoni and Bucci - Italian for pipe and slippers! S4 Fogarty, S4R 07T, 748, Series 1 Mirage

29-01-2019, 05:13 AM	#22
jerry Old Git Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cricklade Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,803	I have strap wrench and oil filter i have always doubled checked filter tightness Hi Flo are very good quality __________________ MONSTERMAN

29-01-2019, 08:46 AM	#23
mickj Registered User Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Clevedon Bike: M1200s Posts: 553	I use HiFlo filters on all my bikes and have never had a problem with them. __________________ Keep the rubber side down. Mick

29-01-2019, 08:54 AM	#24
Dukedesmo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Leics Bike: M900 Posts: 2,838	I've used Ducati, Hiflo and more recently K&N and never had a leak or one come loose. I use K&N purely because the hex makes them easier to fit/remove, said hex also has a lockwire hole in it if required. I've read various debates/arguments online regarding the the filtration qualities but I highly doubt there's much difference between any of them. __________________ M900, 916, LeMans II. Last edited by Dukedesmo; 29-01-2019 at 02:24 PM..

29-01-2019, 02:23 PM	#25
jerry Old Git Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cricklade Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,803	irony is today the Brand new oil pressure switch started to leak clean oil out of the electrical connector ,, DOH!!!! they are so crappy __________________ MONSTERMAN

28-01-2019, 06:33 PM	#20
emzedder Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Norwich Bike: Other Ducati Posts: 109	I'm on my third leaky standard Ducati filter. Always worse in cold weather until warm up but constantly dripping now (even leakier than my M21 and that says something). Seems it is rubber seal defect / deformation as they are always tightened correctly.

28-01-2019, 06:48 PM	#21
utopia No turn left unstoned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: leicester Bike: M750 Posts: 4,545	I've been using HiFlo filters lately. Partly because they fit my wrench and partly because that's what was sold by the company that I last got my Shell Advance from. I suppose they must have the same hex as std .. can't remember for sure but I could check. Had no leaks with those, anyway. Well not that I've noticed, though the bellypan shrouds things a tad.