Coming soon: oil filter adapter!

[Sweetums]

I reached out to Baxter Performance, who makes an adapter for the Pentastar oil filters so it can take standard style oil filters. They say an adapter for the diesel is in development, we might be able to ditch that shitty proprietary MOPAR filter.

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[Gecko4]

Following…I’ll take 4 please

 

[Oilburner]

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[Fpolanco]

Genuinely curious...

Is the reason for the adapter b/c the housing is plastic and prone to cracking or b/c the filter itself sucks?

 

[biodiesel]

Is the reason for the adapter b/c the housing is plastic and prone to cracking or b/c the filter itself sucks?

The factory setup is completely fine and sufficient. The aftermarket is for those who want to play with their vehicles and do something different.

 

[biodiesel]

proprietary MOPAR filter.

The Mopar filter isn't a proprietary filter. There are lot of aftermarket filters that you can use rather than Mopar.

Mopar, part# 68507598AA and 68507598AB
Wix, part# WL10614
EcoGard, part# S11880
Fram, part# TG12939 Tough Guard, 15,000 miles
Fram, part# CH12939 Extra Guard, 10,000 miles
Fram, part# FD12939 Drive, 7,500 miles
STP, part# S45027XL
MicroGard, part# MSL10614
‎Allmotorparts, part# AMP255
ONER, part#‎ OAP-68507598AA
Purolator, part# PL31780
MAHLE CLEVITE, part# OX1406
Vaico, part# V33-0557
LuberFiner, part# P1085
Valvoline, part# VO207
Doc's, part# D11880

 

[Sweetums]

The Mopar filter isn't a proprietary filter. There are lot of aftermarket filters that you can use rather than Mopar.

Mopar, part# 68507598AA and 68507598AB
Wix, part# WL10614
EcoGard, part# S11880
Fram, part# TG12939 Tough Guard, 15,000 miles
Fram, part# CH12939 Extra Guard, 10,000 miles
Fram, part# FD12939 Drive, 7,500 miles
STP, part# S45027XL
MicroGard, part# MSL10614
‎Allmotorparts, part# AMP255
ONER, part#‎ OAP-68507598AA
Purolator, part# PL31780
MAHLE CLEVITE, part# OX1406
Vaico, part# V33-0557
LuberFiner, part# P1085
Valvoline, part# VO207
Doc's, part# D11880

The whole design of that filter is dumb and introduces more failure points. They are incredibly picky about how they are installed and will either kick a low oil pressure warning if put on with a tiny bit too much torque or break.

 

[Sweetums]

Genuinely curious...

Is the reason for the adapter b/c the housing is plastic and prone to cracking or b/c the filter itself sucks?

Yes.

The previous owner of my truck must have broken the filter housing, because mine is aluminum.

 

[DylanM]

Yes.

The previous owner of my truck must have broken the filter housing, because mine is aluminum.

Unlike the 3.6L, the stock factory filter housing on our ecodiesels always has been aluminum. See here: https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/anatomy-of-the-oil-cooler-and-filter-housing.61474/

 

[Fpolanco]

Yes.

The previous owner of my truck must have broken the filter housing, because mine is aluminum.

I just replaced mine yesterday, 2 weeks after replacing the ignition coils and spark plugs

I just wasn't sure if the reason for the adapter was the housing or the filter sucks.

 

[Sweetums]

Unlike the 3.6L, the stock factory filter housing on our ecodiesels always has been aluminum. See here: https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/anatomy-of-the-oil-cooler-and-filter-housing.61474/

The filter design is still crap, if I use an inch-lb torque wrench to tighten that filter to the exact Jeep spec I get low oil pressure warnings. The window between “doesn’t back off” and “doesn’t cause problems” is way too small. Plus, having a larger filter element for a diesel would be way better than that tiny thing.

 

[AOGAudiman]

I reached out to Baxter Performance, who makes an adapter for the Pentastar oil filters so it can take standard style oil filters. They say an adapter for the diesel is in development, we might be able to ditch that shitty proprietary MOPAR filter.

I reached out to Kevin at Baxter last year and was told they were considering some EcoDiesel upgrade parts. I am specifically interested in an oil cooler upgrade option, which I suspect will include part of this line.

 

[biodiesel]

The filter design is still crap, if I use an inch-lb torque wrench to tighten that filter to the exact Jeep spec I get low oil pressure warnings.

The Gen 3 oil filter caps are sometimes difficult to thread by hand. It's not as smooth or easy as the Gen 2 EcoDiesel. Even a torque wrench will sometimes activate long before it's bottomed out. I use a large ratchet to get it close to bottoming out, then use the torque wrench to torque to spec. I tend to overtighten things, so the torque wrench is more to keep me from overtorquing vs undertorquing.

The issue with most adapter kits is that you are reducing oil pressure.

 

[22EcoDs]

I hope they support local/remote spin on. Something like a donaldson

 

[DylanM]

The filter design is still crap, if I use an inch-lb torque wrench to tighten that filter to the exact Jeep spec I get low oil pressure warnings. The window between “doesn’t back off” and “doesn’t cause problems” is way too small. Plus, having a larger filter element for a diesel would be way better than that tiny thing.

No argument there, just pointing out that the ecodiesel filter housing never has been plastic.

I'm curious to see how this works out as I've never particularly cared much for cartridge style filters, and care even less for the needlessly expensive version of filter they decided to use on the 3rd gen ecodiesel.

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