Really? Wow that sucks...

I have a 97 SH also, I got ~134k miles... I got the car in August and never once had a prob with it. I do all my own work and only had to do oil changes so far on my car...

Thanks for the pointer... Could the previous owner have done the damage by over tightening the oil filter? On my EG w/ B16 I have the same oil filter and oil cooler setup, and have never heard of that happening...