Recent content by Dexter1

It would certainly be beneficial to have the cooled oil enter the filter first as a lot of other filter/cooler systems are configured this way.

https://www.dormanproducts.com/p-135210-926-876.aspx?year=2018&make=Jeep&model=Wrangler&parttype=Engine%2520Oil%2520Filter%2520Housing&origin=YMM Looks like Dorman products has an answer!

Just pointing out cause and effect, base cracking could be avoided by not calling out a torque specification. FCA changed the oil filter/cooler design in 2014 for design weaknesses that existed in 2011-2013.

There is is a synthetic output from the ECU for a couple of seconds that confirms oil pressure to indicator light/gauge that there is oil pressure before reading the actual oil pressure from the oil pressure sensor. I know this due to the fact that I have actually removed the factory sensor and...

The Pentastar engines are in fact a good overall design and came out of Daimler-Chrysler. The design just fails miserably on the oil system. The base can crack when over tightening the filter cap upon installation, not removal. It is clockwise rotational force on the cap that is the cause, just...