oil filter adapter question
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Went and picked up the Dorman assortment o-rings. Hope to get it all changed out tonight. I looked through my hanes/Chilton books and couldn't find the torq spec listed anywhere. When I Googled it, just about everything I read said that they tightened the bolt as far as they could.
Does anyone know what the torq is for the adapter?
Thanks again for all the help
Does anyone know what the torq is for the adapter?
Thanks again for all the help
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I believe many brands of filters are Chinese made anyway...
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Two other forums I'm on have had many threads on filters. Some pictures of drain-back valves in various brands are "interesting "
I don't use the Fram stuff myself...Wix seems to be popular with many people....
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Two other forums I'm on have had many threads on filters. Some pictures of drain-back valves in various brands are "interesting "
I don't use the Fram stuff myself...Wix seems to be popular with many people....
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Did you buy it new?
From.. http://minimopar.net/oilfilters/reference.html#fram
Fram Extra Guard PH8A
This filter cartridge has a small outside diameter with a rather low filter element surface area (193 sqin), and features cardboard end caps that are bonded in place using a thermal adhesive. The rubber anti-drainback valve seals the rough metal backplate to the cardboard end cap. In practice these seem to leak, causing dirty oil to drain back into the pan. If you use this filter and have a noisy valve train at startup, the filter is likely the cause. The bypass valves are plastic and are sometimes not molded correctly, which allows them to leak when they should be closed. The backplate has smaller and fewer oil inlet holes, which may restrict flow."
From.. http://minimopar.net/oilfilters/reference.html#fram
Fram Extra Guard PH8A
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I walked into Napa.... Asked for a 1999 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 oil adaptor o-ring kit.
He walked to the back and came back with a little baggie of what I needed!
Easy peazy!
He walked to the back and came back with a little baggie of what I needed!
Easy peazy!
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people must not read the whole post or other comments. it was said multiple times that it was a renix era and everyone seems to be posting that they had no problem with their ho kit......... shake my head......
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I want to thank everyone for their responses. I got the o-ring fun finished last night. Took a bit to find the right ones. I had bought the dorman kit, but wasn't real happy with it. It had one to match the adapter to the block, but for the other two they were wither just under size or just over. So off to autozone I go. That was a waste of time there. After almost 20 min of watching father time and his twin stare at the computer like they never seen one, back down the road I go.
Pulled into O'Reilly parts and with in 5 minutes had a fel-pro o-ring and a box of various ones to compare to the two smaller ones. Which I was so thankful for since the jeep was torn apart in the garage.
So get it all put back together, top off the oil, fire her up and let it run for around 10min. Check for leaks, it all looks good. So I was happy that I would no longer smoke bomb the stop lights(lol). But I'm not that lucky I guess. Drove to work this morning(about 20min drive) get out and what do I see and smell.......smoke! So I get down and look under my Jeep and there is oil leaking. I checked the oil filter adapter and its dry no leaks. The oil is dripping off of the trans inspection plate and into rhw exhaust.
So now I'm at a total loss of where the oil is coming from.![Brick Wall](https://www.cherokeeforum.com/images/smilies/brickwall.gif)
Sorry for the novel, but does anyone have any ideas of where else it could be coming from?
Thanks again for all the help.
Pulled into O'Reilly parts and with in 5 minutes had a fel-pro o-ring and a box of various ones to compare to the two smaller ones. Which I was so thankful for since the jeep was torn apart in the garage.
So get it all put back together, top off the oil, fire her up and let it run for around 10min. Check for leaks, it all looks good. So I was happy that I would no longer smoke bomb the stop lights(lol). But I'm not that lucky I guess. Drove to work this morning(about 20min drive) get out and what do I see and smell.......smoke! So I get down and look under my Jeep and there is oil leaking. I checked the oil filter adapter and its dry no leaks. The oil is dripping off of the trans inspection plate and into rhw exhaust.
So now I'm at a total loss of where the oil is coming from.
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Sorry for the novel, but does anyone have any ideas of where else it could be coming from?
Thanks again for all the help.
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Check the back (firewall) of the valve cover for oil seepage, if not there ... Then you are looking at a real live bona-fide rear main leak and need to drop the pan and rear bearing cap to change it.
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Here is a few good charts for o-rings:
www.PrecisionAssoc.com
http://www.rubberstore.com/catalogs/...ings-chart.php
www.oringswest.com
I have used to get the proper orings for my Renix.
www.PrecisionAssoc.com
http://www.rubberstore.com/catalogs/...ings-chart.php
www.oringswest.com
I have used to get the proper orings for my Renix.