OIL FILTER MYSTERY

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2011/3/4 17:23:20

Hi All,

I've got a mystery - at least it is to me. I found out why oil was getting blown all over the driver's side of my engine last night - I think!
I removed the oil filter cannister and found about a 1/2 to 3/4 inch of "taffy" like sludge at the bottom. I had to soak it in solvent and chisel it out with a screw driver. Now that it's clean and the fittings removed and cleaned, how does the oil enter/leave the cannister? I know one path is the pipe on the side, but how does it move in/out of the pipe at the bottom? I don't see any entrance/exit. I really don't want to put this all back together again only to have it happen again. I looked in the FSM and there isn't any diagram for the filter that I could find.

Any help is really needed!

My thanks in advance!