Cold, Filter, and One Big Mess

[sugarmaker]

Thanks, John. I forgot to mention in my original post that I've adopted your hooked-clutch warmup procedure. Great idea!

 

[jasonf]

I'm not sure, I just towed it behind the snow bank and will forget about it until spring. I was busy trying to get my other car to start, That one would not start, I put gas line anti freeze in it and by Sunday afternoon it finally started. I suspect that, with the Suzuki, the rubber O ring on the oil filter split when the engine tried to push oil into the filter which was full of super cooled thick oil. I guess I'm in the market for a NEW car, at least the tractor is fine /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.

 

[njrqs]

Yeah for those of us who have not seen snow and who consider a winter day one where I can't wear T-shirts and shorts until midday............

What the hell happens to the filters and oil when it is cold??

Why do they blow out like that??

 

[john_bud]

Why do they blow out?

Well, "blow out" is a bit of an overstatement. The O-ring seal fails under the extra high pressure caused by the cold highly viscous fluid. It dribbles out at a pretty good clip, but hardly a "blow-out".

Once it starts leaking, it won't seal up, no matter how much you tighten it.

John Bud