Quote Originally Posted by clay View Post
jon obviously had a little typo time there when he told you to put your finger in the dirty oil and rub it on the gasket. he meant to put your finger in the new oil so that you wont get tiny contaminants like dirt or burned clumps of oil on the mating surface. that way it wont slowly burn and form a gasket scar allowing little bits of oil to escape and aerosolize all over your engine bay.

he also mustve accidentally deleted the step where youre supposed to fill your new oil filter about half way with new oil before you screw it on. jon and his crazy computer typo times
it's not funny to talk about clean oil