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[Jan Suhr]

I got this 3.2 V6 Estate in October and the seller had made an oilchange just before I bought it. He even pulled the oilstick to show how clean the oil was.

Anyway it was now time for an oilchange and of course I changed the filter as well. I have the old canister type on this engine.

When  I removed the filter it was a disaster. Can't have been changed for a long time. It has a complete service book with GM shop up until 200.000 km, then the first owner sold it. It has now reached 280.000km and looking at the filter I suspect that it hasn't been changed since the last time it was at a GM shop.

Maybe it got distorted when I removed it, but it is really dirty and burnt.




Now it has a new clean filter and  oil 


Jan

[jonny2112]

I'm glad you found it when you did 

[PAULCDX]

Gosh, as said 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Had a similar problem on mine had a hole through it most likely didn't bother to change as a little more awkward to change compared to the type on the 2.2 petrol.

[chrisgixer]

That's been doing no filtering at all for some time, as its collapsed and the paper has come away at the base.

I few quick fire oil changes if that was my car.

[omega3000]

I got this 3.2 V6 Estate in October and the seller had made an oilchange just before I bought it. He even pulled the oilstick to show how clean the oil was.

Anyway it was now time for an oilchange and of course I changed the filter as well. I have the old canister type on this engine.

When  I removed the filter it was a disaster. Can't have been changed for a long time. It has a complete service book with GM shop up until 200.000 km, then the first owner sold it. It has now reached 280.000km and looking at the filter I suspect that it hasn't been changed since the last time it was at a GM shop.

Maybe it got distorted when I removed it, but it is really dirty and burnt.




Now it has a new clean filter and  oil 


Jan

 

Clean it out and sell that on ebay 

[albitz]

Ive seen several like that including my first 3.2 breaker,which was seized solid.

[TheBoy]

Seen a couple like that before. I don't think GM's 20,000 mile service interval helps.

[symes]

Seen a couple like that before. I don't think GM's 20,000 mile service interval helps.

Oh it does if you want a filter that is useless and a knackered engine

[sdwall]

That photo looks like someone made the cardinal and simple mistake of putting the oil filter in the wrong way round.

[chrisgixer]

That photo looks like someone made the cardinal and simple mistake of putting the oil filter in the wrong way round.

Only goes in one way.

[sdwall]

WADR it only goes in PROPERLY one way. I know it clicks into place if its put in the RIGHT way but putting it in the WRONG way round squashes it up. (I know because when James did the first service on mine after I bought it that's what had been done to mine).

[chrisgixer]

Woo. Must admit I've never forced a filter in to try it.

[Jan Suhr]

I don't think it was wrongly mounted. The hooks that locks it in to the cap where facing outwards. But I think that the other end facing the block were stuck to the face of the filter and It might have been twisted when I screwed the cap off. The filter sort of hanged in there and I had to pull it out.

But I'm not sure about that, filter was anyway very worn and old. Flow through it must have been minimal.


Jan

[TheBoy]

Jan, if its been in there a while (the oil), it may be worth doing some short oil changes (eg, every 750km for a couple of oil changes).