Swank Force One wrote: Loose oil filter. I struggle to get these off most cars and this one just backs out by itself? Doesnt feelt right when tightening/is a pain to get to because of a skid plate. Heading into town for an oil change.
Good to hear its something dumb/simple rather than a blown rear main or something difficult. Good luck with the rest of the trip!
Nice adventure.. please provide a thread once you are home safe. I am glad that the problem was a simple fix.
To put things into context for the crowd...its currently -2F in North Platte. The winter gear might have literally been a lifesaver had this been a dead car in the middle of the night in Nebraska!
Whew!!!
Well... I was in the truck for 6 hours overnite, so it was. 
Getting a $30 oil change now. Not convinced it had the right filter on it.
My first thought was, not the most popular vehicle, maybe wrong filter.
Remember, if the shop is not sure or does not have in store, Advance Auto Parts is within walking distance.
It's just a 6g74, should be common. Who knows. Someone else can deal with the skidplate though.
Happy to hear it was not disastrous.
Wow, at least you caught it in time. Even a loose oil filter can be catastrophic.
Yeah with the way it was pouring it was maybe 60 seconds away from disaster.
Awesome. Glad to hear you're not a popsicle and the truck isn't scrap metal. I'm too far away to be of any help but I sure love that this board chips in the way they do.
Next i'd like the GRM Fairy to grant me some 4.90 gears. This thing isn't happy climbing hills. Motor doesnt seem to mind 6000rpm+ though.
Motor doesn't mind 6k till it rattles off the oil filter!
It'll be flatland the rest of the way home!
Huzzah!
Nothing like free under-body coating!
Glad to hear you're back underway. Love the pic from the coast!
So, if I understand the whole story, you drove 1200 miles, then the oil filter loosened up? Say, that's odd.
I was just thinking to myself yesterday, Where the Eff is SFO???
Who knew he was sleeping in a Montero somewhere in the frozen wasteland that is Nebraska?
Glad your not a SFOsicle and it seems to not be a major issue. Here is to no more issues on the way home 
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Wow, at least you caught it in time. Even a loose oil filter can be catastrophic.
yeah ... loose often turns into off
This is why I always tack weld my oil filters to the block.
JohnRW1621 wrote: Motor doesn't mind 6k till it rattles off the oil filter! It'll be flatland the rest of the way home!
Like I told him this morning, after the continental divide its (literally) all down hill from there!
Someone tries to reuse a torque-to-yield oil filter? Don't they know that you can't do that?
Glad to hear you're okay and on the road!
This place is berking made of awesome.
Well, if you make it to Iowa City, you should drop by for a donut and coffee!
Duke wrote: This place is berking *made* of awesome.
+1
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