I touched the gasket down and went 3/4 turns more ... like it always says on the filter. Perhaps that's more than you go (let me know). It seems to tighten up (not by turning), or get sticky over the course of an oil change interval. Making it difficult to break it loose by hand. Maybe you can show me an "arm routing diagram from above" () because my big a$$ Shrek arms weren't getting much leverage on the oil filter, from above (I tried it).