Then someone did not install the filter correctly or the gasket was defective. The gasket must have a thin coat of oil applied before installing or it can leak. The filter should be tightened no more or less than 3/4 turn after it makes contact with the mounting surface, or it may leak. Too tight or too loose and it may leak. The mounting surface may have grit on it or may be damaged. Look see.
Was/Were blowing.
It depends on the quality and miles on your existing engine. If you have a great engine, that all it needs is a head gasket, then that's better than an old engine that you may have no idea about it's history and past repairs.
It depends on how you have taken care of it in past and how regularly one does their routine engine fluid, fluid and routine car maintenance. Judging from the sound of the sound that the engine is stumbling and blowing smoke I don't give it very long...
If it is where the filter meets up to the mount there actually is a gasket there. If it past the mount you may need to replace the filter housing.
A storm is blowing.The be verb 'is' shows the tense so change 'is' to the past 'was'.A storm was blowing.
The oil filter should be on the passenger side of the engine. It is located just past the wheel. It is a screw on type.
The past tense of filter is filtered.
The oil filter is on the passenger side of the engine, about halfway down the block. Easiest way to get to it is with a filter strap, through the wheelwell. Loosen it until you can spin it by hand. Get underneath the truck, reach up and spin it off, you can pull it straight down without tipping it and making a mess. Reinstall from under the truck (after priming at least 3/4 full of oil) and lubing the gasket... Spin on until gasket hits the baseplate, and use a strap wrench to go 1 full turn past that (through the wheelwell).
Blown is the past participle of blow.
Blow is an irregular verb. The past tense is blew. The past participle is blown.
A vehicle that emits blue exhaust is experiencing an oil leak that has seeped past the engine seals and started to burn with the fuel. It indicates either a blown head gasket or an engine oil leak.
A vehicle that emits blue exhaust is experiencing an oil leak that has seeped past the engine seals and started to burn with the fuel. It indicates either a blown head gasket or an engine oil leak.