houdel

Surprisingly, I got a usable fibre washer at the second auto parts store I tried. I expected the first place, a Carquest shop, would have them as they are a larger store and seem to carry a fair amount of HD truck stuff but nope, no such luck. Then I went to a PartsPlus store, a smaller place, but they carry the "Dorman" line of auto hardware. After a little digging around, he found a usable gasket. Same ID but a little smaller OD. I compared his with my old one, the OD of the Dorman gasket was larger than the "crush" area of my old gasket so I figured it would work OK. Bought 4 so I'd have some for the next filter change plus a spare, cost me all of $1.58, including sales tax for the four of them.

Lightly sandpapered the top of my oil filter cannister to smooth out any rough spots or burrs that could be a potential source for leaking, reinstalled the filter and cannister, fired it up, no leak! Went for a short spin to get the engine warmed up, still no leak so I guess I am OK!