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guys just looking for some re a shorance, decided id do a service on the old rb 26 today so went up to the store grabbed oil and filter and what not sure enough dumped oil, changed filter, and fired her up. NO oil pressure only idle for about 10 15 sec. switched off, thought maybe just cause id drained the oil, the pump hadnt picked up yet, fired her up again 10 15 sec couple of short revs 2grand tops, still no oil pressure. shut her off open the door and sure enough the oil filter had blown off! oil absoulutly every where and i am pissed. turns out the filter that was in the box wasnt the filter written on the box. it did tightn up but obviously not enough threads :( so has this caused damage?? ended up putting the original back on and firing up oil pressure straight up and sounds fine but what are the chances??

thanks guys.

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Will be fine mate. Might need some degreaser but ;)

well thats good to hear thank you so much. an im looking at maybe one of those 5 litre drums of degreaser just to get started lol, such a mess and now need more oil :(

Did you just buy the filter? Id be ringing the shop straight away advising them of this. Cover your self incase there has been damage

yeah called them, they were like well its on you to check the filter before you put it in. the best they can do is send a claim or some crap to the manufacturer :(

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Yeah unfortunately there is no way to tell for certain for anyone here but if you get in contact with WearCheck Australia you can take an oil sample fro your next change and have it tested. If you get high levels of copper or lead showing up, then you know the answer.

The test kit costs about $40

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Farout there must of been oil pouring out all over the place, lil tip for next time, leave the drivers sidewindow down, reach in and turn the key from there, that way soon as it starts you don't need to move to realize there's oil pouring out everywhere. That's Gunna b a prick to clean up man.

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Farout there must of been oil pouring out all over the place, lil tip for next time, leave the drivers sidewindow down, reach in and turn the key from there, that way soon as it starts you don't need to move to realize there's oil pouring out everywhere. That's Gunna b a prick to clean up man.

^^ this. Saved me when someone told me to use the wrong sized filter on the Stagea, shut it down quicksmart but there was still a good litre of oil on the workshop floor :whistling:

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