Like most I have done my oil change, and had the low oil light come on.????
Does not mean it comes on right away, but within a day or 2 it does.
Not something you want to see at all.
When it happened to me, I had just restarted the truck 1 day after oil change 6 PSI I think??.
Pulled over shut off truck, and thought about what it could be????
I had just changed out my oil, same as I had done on my 2014 for the last 8 years.
I checked oil level, checked for leaks nothing, leaves 1 thing oil filter.
Pulled the oil filter off, checked ring to make sure it was oiled(Like I do when installing new filter), and slowly spun filter backwards till it felt correct, then retightened.
The difference this time: It rotated on until I could turn it no more.
Not because I need more pressure.
The fact is it had seated itself, you can actually feel it click as it comes to the end of the treads, and you know it cant be tightened anymore.
1. If you have a warm motor before you change out the oil( Which of coarse you should), the oil filter will seat itself, with only hand pressure. assuming you oiled the new filter gasket, and the motor is warm.
There is zero reason to use any type of wrench.
If you use any tool to tighten it down, you have it threaded wrong.
Another thing you will notice: If you tighten it down and it does not seat on the block with hand tightening you know its wrong.
But when it does seat properly, it will take several more turns before it seats properly.( You will notice this and it wont make sense, cause you will think how could I be so far off on cross threading it in the first place???.
So the only thing you need to remember is: If the oil ring gasket is oiled and the motor is warm, you should be ably to Hand tighten the filter down to a stop, with nothing more than hand pressure.
If you tighten it down, and it does not actually come to a stop that you feel, then take it off and do it again.
When its done right, you will notice it cannot be tightened anymore, and you wont be tempted to tq on it with a strap or wrench.
You only have to get this done once correct, and you will never make the mistake again.
I hope this helps, some like me who got the low oil pressure light on there new truck.
Does not mean it comes on right away, but within a day or 2 it does.
Not something you want to see at all.
When it happened to me, I had just restarted the truck 1 day after oil change 6 PSI I think??.
Pulled over shut off truck, and thought about what it could be????
I had just changed out my oil, same as I had done on my 2014 for the last 8 years.
I checked oil level, checked for leaks nothing, leaves 1 thing oil filter.
Pulled the oil filter off, checked ring to make sure it was oiled(Like I do when installing new filter), and slowly spun filter backwards till it felt correct, then retightened.
The difference this time: It rotated on until I could turn it no more.
Not because I need more pressure.
The fact is it had seated itself, you can actually feel it click as it comes to the end of the treads, and you know it cant be tightened anymore.
1. If you have a warm motor before you change out the oil( Which of coarse you should), the oil filter will seat itself, with only hand pressure. assuming you oiled the new filter gasket, and the motor is warm.
There is zero reason to use any type of wrench.
If you use any tool to tighten it down, you have it threaded wrong.
Another thing you will notice: If you tighten it down and it does not seat on the block with hand tightening you know its wrong.
But when it does seat properly, it will take several more turns before it seats properly.( You will notice this and it wont make sense, cause you will think how could I be so far off on cross threading it in the first place???.
So the only thing you need to remember is: If the oil ring gasket is oiled and the motor is warm, you should be ably to Hand tighten the filter down to a stop, with nothing more than hand pressure.
If you tighten it down, and it does not actually come to a stop that you feel, then take it off and do it again.
When its done right, you will notice it cannot be tightened anymore, and you wont be tempted to tq on it with a strap or wrench.
You only have to get this done once correct, and you will never make the mistake again.
I hope this helps, some like me who got the low oil pressure light on there new truck.