20 ft. lbs. on the old Oil Pan Drain-Plug. Found this on main page right here, Project JK what's new. ( Great write up!)

Another question needs asked, since the filter is vertical is there a flow back valve built in the filter. I thought I read that somewhere?

One thing I plan to do since I upped for the "Lifetime Warrenty",(bumper to bumper), is I plan on always buying my filter from the dealer. Heck that way I can show I'm changing the oil regularly and I have a paper trail from the dealer. ( Might be paraniod, just my idea.)

 

I do the same

 

The filter is horizontal. not vertical. It sticks straight out of the front of the engine, next to the pulley.

I keep hearing about a flowback/drainback valve in the filter. But I looked down the center hole of the Mopar filters that I use and don't see anything that looks like a valve.

I use the Mopar filter for two reasons. I was getting a knock on start with the Mobil1 fliter I used. It went away with Mopar.

And as you noted, there is a record of filters purchased from my local dealer.

 

Sorry I ment horizontal......Brain cramp i guess!

Your symptoms sounds like there could be a drain back in there some where? Anyone have more info on this?

Great site by the way.

You all Rock!!

 

not a thing. my bmw 's oil filter housing was vertically mounted above the engine. I.E. no way to keep oil in it even if you wanted to pre-fill, and it wasn't a canned filter. Not to mention it was the biggest damn thing i've ever seen. almost 7qts for a 2.8L engine.

 

Great write up. Glad it is easy to get to everything.

 

Did my oil change yesterday, poured 6 quarts of oil as specified by the manual, now the level is a bit higher then the safe zone, goes almost to the top of the "bent area" on the dip stick. Should I drain some oil?

 

never heard of pouring oil in the filter before installation sounds like nonsence to me

 

Did you run the the engine before checking the level? By the time the oil gets into the nooks and crannies, it will go down a little.

I'm assuming you changed the filter. If you didn't, first off - shame on you! Secondly, it holds a fair amount of oil, so 6 quarts would indeed be too much.

Do NOT use less than the recommend amount.

 

Yeah i changed the filter. I left the car overnight and checked the oil today to see if its different from what i saw yesterday after the oil change. I guess I will have to go get dirty and drain some oil.