oil filter blew off of the housing

Asked by GuruVPZL3 Sep 05, 2018 at 06:38 PM about the 2002 Audi A6 3.0 quattro Sedan AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

i put a new  oil filter and filled the oil level and it blew the new filter off also what can cause this?

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Bob answered 5 years ago

Either a bad filter or the oil pump pressure bypass is stuck.

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