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oil filter housing
Category: Drivetrain
Price: $50
Private or Vendor Listing: Private Listing
Part fits (you may select multiples): R52, R53
Location (Region): West
Item Condition: Used
While replacing my oil filter on my GP with 107k miles I noticed the drain plunger was loose. One of the three clips is broken. Being that these aren't sold separately from the housing I'm looking to purchase a used housing with or without the heat exchanger. I'm only interested in the updated design.
Last edited by vulkandino; Jan 2, 2018 at 08:14 AM. Reason: purchased
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a slot can be cut with a tiny cut off wheel on a dremel tool, to accept a C Clip to retain the drain valve
About 4 cans of brake clean to clean housing out, Have been running this for several years no problems
a slot can be cut with a tiny cut off wheel on a dremel tool, to accept a C Clip to retain the drain valve
About 4 cans of brake clean to clean housing out, Have been running this for several years no problems
Last edited by dhabutcher; Jan 6, 2018 at 06:56 PM. Reason: lost text
https://www.northamericanmotoring.com/g/album/3806575
a slot can be cut with a tiny cut off wheel on a dremel tool, to accept a C Clip to retain the drain valve
About 4 cans of brake clean to clean housing out, Have been running this for several years no problems
a slot can be cut with a tiny cut off wheel on a dremel tool, to accept a C Clip to retain the drain valve
About 4 cans of brake clean to clean housing out, Have been running this for several years no problems
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I mean, in principle, you absolutely could do it in the car, but you will have no line of sight to the innards of the housing. If you can get your hands on a camera with a cable, or can use some combination of light & mirrors, you should be able to get a good enough view to make sure you got all the pieces out. Bear in mind that if you're installing the new plunger while the filter housing is still in the car, you should not use any brake/engine cleaners on the housing. You only get to clean the housing if it is off of the engine—brake cleaner mixing with oil is probably not a good idea.
The installation procedure with the housing on the car is relatively simple: (bear in mind I opted to replace the whole housing when my engine was out, as my drainback valve broke before there was a replacement online, so this method is untested—but I don't see why you couldn't do it this way)
- Drain oil
- Remove filter cap
- Remove filter
- Pick out broken pieces of drainback plunger
- Carefully clip the new drainback plunger into the circular hole (see one of the early posts in this thread for a picture of its location—the three plastic "legs" of the plunger just clip over a lip inside the circular drainback hole)
Good luck & keep us updated!
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Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 72
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From: Titusville, FL
Without ever having worked on the oil filter housing, I think it would be pretty difficult to install this correctly without removing the housing. Although removing the housing while the engine is in the car is a pain too...so I see both sides of this.
I mean, in principle, you absolutely could do it in the car, but you will have no line of sight to the innards of the housing. If you can get your hands on a camera with a cable, or can use some combination of light & mirrors, you should be able to get a good enough view to make sure you got all the pieces out. Bear in mind that if you're installing the new plunger while the filter housing is still in the car, you should not use any brake/engine cleaners on the housing. You only get to clean the housing if it is off of the engine—brake cleaner mixing with oil is probably not a good idea.
The installation procedure with the housing on the car is relatively simple: (bear in mind I opted to replace the whole housing when my engine was out, as my drainback valve broke before there was a replacement online, so this method is untested—but I don't see why you couldn't do it this way)
Good luck & keep us updated!
I mean, in principle, you absolutely could do it in the car, but you will have no line of sight to the innards of the housing. If you can get your hands on a camera with a cable, or can use some combination of light & mirrors, you should be able to get a good enough view to make sure you got all the pieces out. Bear in mind that if you're installing the new plunger while the filter housing is still in the car, you should not use any brake/engine cleaners on the housing. You only get to clean the housing if it is off of the engine—brake cleaner mixing with oil is probably not a good idea.
The installation procedure with the housing on the car is relatively simple: (bear in mind I opted to replace the whole housing when my engine was out, as my drainback valve broke before there was a replacement online, so this method is untested—but I don't see why you couldn't do it this way)
- Drain oil
- Remove filter cap
- Remove filter
- Pick out broken pieces of drainback plunger
- Carefully clip the new drainback plunger into the circular hole (see one of the early posts in this thread for a picture of its location—the three plastic "legs" of the plunger just clip over a lip inside the circular drainback hole)
Good luck & keep us updated!
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