Oil Filter Change?

[Yorick]

I've always just tightened by hand, but the manual says 2 FULL turns.

Wow. That seems excessive.

Maybe that's just the OEM ones. My local shop always used Hi Flow filters.
That's what I bought yesterday.

Waddya reckon?

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[Supermofo]

My GSXS is exactly the same. 2 full turns or 20NM. Which seems well OTT to me. I've no idea how tight mine are as both services so far were done by the dealer. If I was doing the service I'd stick to hand tight as I've seen what happens when they are over tightened. I've never had a filter come loose.

[Yorick]

I did hand tight. About one and quarter turn. Last bit was very tight.

Saw vids on Hiflo filters say one turn, ish.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Suzuki like a tight oil filter, I suspect it goes back to the 1985 GSXR750 which had a nasty habit of the oil filter coming undone, I used to put a jubilee clip round the oil filter to stop it coming undone on my one.

[wull]

You’ll be fine with tightening as tight as you can by hand, Fresh oil smeared on the seal as well. Just check it for any leaks after a few uses.

If you were paranoid about it you could either use the jubilee clip method or use Lockwire which iirc the HiFlo racing filters come with the end pre-drilled for accepting Lockwire.

[DefTrap]

Hand tight, it'll always seem like it tightened up some more if you try to take it off. I must have changed a bazillion oil filters over the years, all tightened by hand (I don't have anything else), and all of them have required a strap / chain to get them off for the next change.

[wull]

Hand tight, it'll always seem like it tightened up some more if you try to take it off. I must have changed a bazillion oil filters over the years, all tightened by hand (I don't have anything else), and all of them have required a strap / chain to get them off for the next change.

Exactly this, with my job I do an obscene amount of filters from oil to hydraulic and I always tighten them by hand, next time round they are a nightmare to remove. The strap I have is awesome though.

[Yorick]

Hand tight, it'll always seem like it tightened up some more if you try to take it off. I must have changed a bazillion oil filters over the years, all tightened by hand (I don't have anything else), and all of them have required a strap / chain to get them off for the next change.

Yeah. Me too. Was worried by what the manual says.

RTFM? Nah

[Mr. Dazzle]

The strap I have is awesome though.

What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business fella.

[wull]

The strap I have is awesome though.

What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business fella.