So 2 ugga uggas is to much????
I had one that came out of the box looking like that (o-ring with the orange splotches on it). I was very hesitant when I saw it, too. It's like they mixed orange tinted rubber with the usual black. It was just as pliable as any of the other ones I'd used, so I sent it. I had no leaks or anything and when I replaced it at the next oil change, it came off no differently than any other filter cap o-ring I've replaced.
Cost, material cost. I am sure in the aggregate, it is cheaper to make in plastic and deal with warranty numbers than paying for material costs to make it out of aluminum or other metals.
Just like Toyota uses plastic to make their filter housing. Replaced mine with an aluminum one when I owned my Tacoma. Just MFG's being cheap.
Similar to you, I tighten it down until the gap disappears and maybe a millimeter or two past that point. I fill it, check for leaks around the filter cap and drain plug, and call it done. I've been doing it this way for ten years (also with a previously owned 2015 JKU) problem-free.
My local parts house owned by an ardent Jeep enthusiast
was having a difficult time with removal of the oil filter housing cap
on my new to me 2021 Rubicon
that had 15,000 miles on it when I bought it.
At 22,500 the little message came on to change the oil.
There is no way of knowing if the filter had been changed
at 7,500 and 15,000 miles but it was not coming off now.
The plastic nut was rounded off
and strap wrenches, filter wrenches and filter pliers
could not budge the barely accessible and stubborn cap.
A customer who was a mechanic had come in
and was pressed for ideas.
He came up with a winner.
Cinch down a hose clamp at the bottom of the cap
and use a drift and hammer on the hose clamp fastener
to jar the cap loose.
Voila' which is French for "Look at this sh*t."
If you have a strap wrench, that would probably work to get the filter cap loosened.My local parts house owned by an ardent Jeep enthusiast
was having a difficult time with removal of the oil filter housing cap
on my new to me 2021 Rubicon
that had 15,000 miles on it when I bought it.
At 22,500 the little message came on to change the oil.
There is no way of knowing if the filter had been changed
at 7,500 and 15,000 miles but it was not coming off now.
The plastic nut was rounded off
and strap wrenches, filter wrenches and filter pliers
could not budge the barely accessible and stubborn cap.
A customer who was a mechanic had come in
and was pressed for ideas.
He came up with a winner.
Cinch down a hose clamp at the bottom of the cap
and use a drift and hammer on the hose clamp fastener
to jar the cap loose.
Voila' which is French for "Look at this sh*t."
My local parts house owned by an ardent Jeep enthusiast
was having a difficult time with removal of the oil filter housing cap
on my new to me 2021 Rubicon
that had 15,000 miles on it when I bought it.
At 22,500 the little message came on to change the oil.
There is no way of knowing if the filter had been changed
at 7,500 and 15,000 miles but it was not coming off now.
The plastic nut was rounded off
and strap wrenches, filter wrenches and filter pliers
could not budge the barely accessible and stubborn cap.
A customer who was a mechanic had come in
and was pressed for ideas.
He came up with a winner.
Cinch down a hose clamp at the bottom of the cap
and use a drift and hammer on the hose clamp fastener
to jar the cap loose.
Voila' which is French for "Look at this sh*t."
