Has your D ever overheated? I've seen this before on another car and it turned out that the car overheated and "cooked" the oil inside of it. Made a big mess and the oil pretty much solidified everywhere making it look like some sort of material when actually it was the oil all hardened up. We took off the filter and it was caked inside like from what I can see in your photos and also we removed the valve covers and it was all caked on all over the valve springs. Now I'm not saying your engine overheated but maybe the oil you used was not heavy enough? I've used Fram filters on every one of my cars for as long as I can remember and never saw that happen before until my friends car overheated very badly. Steve --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx> wrote: > A while back, I needed to do an oil change. I went to Autozone to > get an oil filter. But neither of the 3 stores I went to stocked the > BOSCH filters I was seeking. So, despite warnings, I went > ahead and used a FRAM filter. And juding by my last oil change, I > could have paid a price for being a hypocrite. After all, I always > reccomend using DeLorean specific parts, yet I didn't use them > on my car... > > Pulling the filter off was a chore. Before this, I've only once > needed a tool to pull an oil filter on any vehicle. [moderator snip]