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Oil Filter/Drain Safety Wire!
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<blockquote data-quote="ANGREY" data-source="post: 15792341" data-attributes="member: 188865"><p>A better, more thoroughly engineered solution would be one where the lanyard attaches to some portion of the engine within the confines of the engine brackets.</p><p></p><p>Leaving slack in the line, particularly for the plug, is going to negate/nullify the intent of the belt/suspenders. Where the line is attached, and the radius of the plug makes it so that even a small amount of slack will allow the plug to rotate, essentially making vibe spin outs as if the line wasn't there (the plug would simply spin and the line would shrink and grow back and forth as it turned). Not leaving slack in the line if it's attached from the plug to something outside the engine assembly creates a situation that may be more risk than just torqueing the plug. If the engine torques enough and puts too much tension on the line/plug it may damage the plug.</p><p></p><p>For the filter, if it's tethered back to a spot on the block/engine assembly, I would think you could leave it taught because there's no mechanical movement (or at least not anything more than negligible) between the filter and the rest of the block engine.</p><p></p><p>The idea is rock solid and I'm actually going to do this on my next change once we all workout the bugs/kinks<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Quick question....I would think that the data would bear out that the real risk is the filter. Has anyone ever heard or witnessed an example of the plug vibrating loose and dumping the oil? I've heard horror stories of shoddy oil changes where they didn't torque the filter down properly, but never where they weak armed the plug and it came out and ran the motor dry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANGREY, post: 15792341, member: 188865"] A better, more thoroughly engineered solution would be one where the lanyard attaches to some portion of the engine within the confines of the engine brackets. Leaving slack in the line, particularly for the plug, is going to negate/nullify the intent of the belt/suspenders. Where the line is attached, and the radius of the plug makes it so that even a small amount of slack will allow the plug to rotate, essentially making vibe spin outs as if the line wasn't there (the plug would simply spin and the line would shrink and grow back and forth as it turned). Not leaving slack in the line if it's attached from the plug to something outside the engine assembly creates a situation that may be more risk than just torqueing the plug. If the engine torques enough and puts too much tension on the line/plug it may damage the plug. For the filter, if it's tethered back to a spot on the block/engine assembly, I would think you could leave it taught because there's no mechanical movement (or at least not anything more than negligible) between the filter and the rest of the block engine. The idea is rock solid and I'm actually going to do this on my next change once we all workout the bugs/kinks:) Quick question....I would think that the data would bear out that the real risk is the filter. Has anyone ever heard or witnessed an example of the plug vibrating loose and dumping the oil? I've heard horror stories of shoddy oil changes where they didn't torque the filter down properly, but never where they weak armed the plug and it came out and ran the motor dry. [/QUOTE]
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