First time I've ever seen this. I guess when you think about it, it's a clever idea, placing the filter right where the oil is stored and easy to change right next to the drain plug. And I use the term, easy, with sarcasm. Removing the drain plug does not drain the filter. When you unscrew the filter cap you get a good drenching of oil. Then when you pull out the filter, with pliers, you get a second drenching of oil as does the pliers.
Strange filter location in oil pan on my Grand Am
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My Grampa's 89 Celebrity was that way, one of the downsides to the last interation of the Duke, if the filter doesn't seal well on the pickup and you have no oil pressure then you have to make a mess to get to the filter again, at this point I think all the filters for these are out of production as most of them were scrapped a long time ago, my gramps got rid of that Celebrity probably a good decade ago at this point and it was pretty rusty. At one point the filters for this thing were on closeout at Rock Auto for like 50 cents a piece but who knows how old they are, at least you can inspect them for brittleness the only thing I'd be worried about is the pickup seals having hardened.
They only did it on the last iteration of transverse duke from 87-91.
I had 87’ skylark with the iron Duke 4 cyl engine. Filter was used from the 87’ year to who knows. Good engine.
No Puro boss for the app. You truly amaze me somedays Justin.Never knew something like this existed. Wear your work clothes... OR get a 20k mile purolator boss w/20k oil to minimize the inconvenience...
The closested thing was AC Delco at one point had an Ultraguard filter for it but the stock of those is long gone.
I found a single UPF1072 for sale on eBay, probably the only one you'll find for sale, Rock Auto had a few left a few years ago but finally sold the remaining stock.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185483947210
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185483947210
I had a BMW 1500 inline 4 cyl motorcycle that had the spin on filter inside the crankcase. You took a plug out to drain the oil. Then you took off a round plate to reach up and grab the filter. Only problem was the filter was wet with oil. Try loosening a spin on coated with oil. Even wiping it off didn't work. I only changed the oil one time then sold it.
They also did it that way on the Aurora 3.5 V6 models.
Two dozen choices at Rock,
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Is it the exact same way, I found someone changing the oil on a 2000 Intrique that should be the same engine, it just looks like the cartridge housing goes through the pan but it also has a drain plug, the duke the drain plug and the cartridge housing are one in the same so it always makes a mess since you have to drain the oil through a 3in plug.
I meant the UltraGaurd synthetic filter.
That's actually a decent price given that it looks like a champ labs synthetic filter ala Royal Purple/Amsoil/Fram Endurance, although it looks like it was manufactured in 99, but most of the filters you can buy for these may be 20+ years old at this point.Only $7.88 and free shipping ...
Ok, no idea what that is. I usually just buy oem.
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