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Daves55Sedan · 05-23-2021, 11:26 PM

"Never, ever, not even once or a little bit, should you use any kind of sealer or gasket material here. If you do it will almost certainly end up with the gasket pushed out and all the oil on the ground. Put it in dry."
I agree with not using any kind of sealer on the big round gasket between the adaptor plate and engine block recess. But I disagree about putting it in dry. Installation of the plate can be made much easier by dipping a finger in clean axle-grease and smearing it in the engine block recess, then placing the gasket in the recess. The grease will hold the gasket in place while you position the adaptor plate and fitting on. Once the fitting is tightened up, the grease will be squeezed out and it will not leak a drop of oil.
Additionally, prior to using Motorcraft Brand oil filters, I was using a few other brands (Fram, Wix, Purolator), depending upon what was on the shelf at the chain auto parts store. Way back in the early '80's when we rebuilt my 292, a guy started tinkering around with the new filter that I had ready to install and he said that the filter gasket didn't have a good bite on the surface of the adaptor plate.
So I went out and bought several brands to compare and there IS A DIFFERENCE. The motorcraft oil filter gasket sealed the best.

05-23-2021, 11:26 PM	#11
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Re: 272 Y-block oil leak- need help quick- show time "Never, ever, not even once or a little bit, should you use any kind of sealer or gasket material here. If you do it will almost certainly end up with the gasket pushed out and all the oil on the ground. Put it in dry." I agree with not using any kind of sealer on the big round gasket between the adaptor plate and engine block recess. But I disagree about putting it in dry. Installation of the plate can be made much easier by dipping a finger in clean axle-grease and smearing it in the engine block recess, then placing the gasket in the recess. The grease will hold the gasket in place while you position the adaptor plate and fitting on. Once the fitting is tightened up, the grease will be squeezed out and it will not leak a drop of oil. Additionally, prior to using Motorcraft Brand oil filters, I was using a few other brands (Fram, Wix, Purolator), depending upon what was on the shelf at the chain auto parts store. Way back in the early '80's when we rebuilt my 292, a guy started tinkering around with the new filter that I had ready to install and he said that the filter gasket didn't have a good bite on the surface of the adaptor plate. So I went out and bought several brands to compare and there IS A DIFFERENCE. The motorcraft oil filter gasket sealed the best.