Hi folks. I have a bit of an oil leak and seeing as how its coming from both sides my research has directed me to oil filter housing replacement.

I am looking for a good brand to go with. I know dorman is the go to, but they are sold out in alot of places, and require a bit of extra surgery reusing the factory heat sink. So im looking into alternatives. Amazon has a million of these things. I want to make sure not to cheap out since im going to do the job and i dont want to do it twice (after watching a dozen youtube walkthroughs, i know it will be a journey).

So, hopefully someone here has done a swap and put it through some miles. I would love to hear reccomendations. Also im considering getting gaskets elsewhere since that seems to be a point of failure and i want to get quality.

Any links or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I installed that exact one back in November and have been pretty happy with it. Dang, under $100 now! I paid $160 for it!!! It came fully assembled and packed very well.

If I was just searching and saw that for under $100, I'd probably think it was a cheap pos, but it did not look or feel like a pos in my hands.

 

appreciate it! Did you use the gaskets it came with?

 

Yes, I used the gaskets they provided. If you don't have a mittyvac or something similar, one of those really helps cleaning up the valley that is likely holding a lot of oil. A mittyvac is really important if you are close to changing your tranny fluid too so certainly worth the money.

 

transmission fluid is brand new so im good there. Still got a baby one, it will def make the job easier. Thanks for the recommendation!