The engine has only done 320 miles since the rebuild by ducati, and Noticed a few drips of oil on the shed floor. After further investigation it is only coming from the oil filter area and not any of the engine joints. I have a new filter on its way and just wondered what the torque is for these? Bike is a bip 1998
can be one of 3 things usually Mr Roadkill :- 1/ Filter put on totally dry and seal has "squirmed" and distorted so two flat faces no longer presented to the mating surfaces. (unlikely) 2/ Overtightened 3/ Undertightened. Of course there are other scenarios like seal omitted or cross-thread/wrong filter but extremely unlikely so haven't included - also I haven't included corrosion due to your notes, but this can be fourth if some time has passed.
Yes found it very strange, but let's hope a new filter solves it. They even tried to charge me for a new filter after all the money I've spent with them, unbelievable!
+1 for @Chris potential causes. Seal must be lightly smeared with oil prior to installation and then tightened to just over hand-tight (in my experience)
Yes will do the seal and slightly tighten, think I will need a tool that goes on the bottom to hand tight as it's recessed into the engine and hard to get a grip.. Never had one leak on my zx6r
Genuine filters used to have tightening torque of 11NM printed on them. Not bought one for many years but suggest start there and maybe tighten slightly if still leaking.
Use High-Flo filters - the OEM filters don't seal. I have a similar issue when using the Ducati filter Something to do with the height of thread being slight too high...
Before fitting a new filter I'd back the old one off 2 turns and retighten. See how it goes then. I always use the K&N 153 filter as they are excellent and have the hex head on the bottom for easy removal
Well, looks like we got ourselves an oil filter thread. Recently bought a few Mahle OC 5's. Cheap and good. Noticed they actually now have the ducati OEM equivalent part numbers on the box. And the Mahle torque spec? 10Nm
Similar to @Martin Le Tessier ’s comment above Hi-Flo HF153RC has a big hexagonal nut welded to the bottom of it, makes removing in the future a cinch and it only costs about €1/£1/$1 more than the regular HF153. Just FYI
Cheers all, noted all of the above info! End of this year I need to check belts, head bolts, chain and a few other bits! So will be after more solid advice from you all... Roadkill
I find the hex on the K&N, whilst soft, is plenty strong enough to tighten it sufficiently - maybe it acts as a torque sensor by rounding off if you overdo it? Though once they've been on a while sometimes a socket will slip when you're trying to remove it, in which case a good pair of grips works fine. Either way it's easier than faffing about with a filter spanner that invariably doesn't fit.
Morning all, Where do you get the oil filter tool from? Bought one off ebay but it doesn't fit.. Roadkill
I use one of these - fits in the recess around the filter - works every time. https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand...fessional-oil-filter-removal-band-926543.html
