I like this thread. Good info and now I know what to look for on mine. Still haven't out enough miles on the new one for a oil change and it's only got 84k on it
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Yeah, I'm sure your will be good. Just keep on top of the regular oil changes. This issue didn't start on me until around the 140k mark or something. So just something to keep in the back of your mind if you start seeing similar symptoms a few years down the road
Deleted it completely which I'm glad I did because now I'm realizing that the screen has been hindering that sensor from getting an accurate reading the entire time. Now that it's gone my gauge reads at 55-60 psi goign down the highway and 35-40 at idle where before it was probably 45-50 on the highway and 30ish at idle so it wasn't even an accurate reading before.
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Hmm interesting, mine reads the same, shes coming up on 100k. no issues yet. Ill keep this in mind.
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Is that what it look like when you pulled it out or did you clean the gunk off first?
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That's what it looked like when the mechanic showed it to me. Not sure if he cleaned if off at all or not. Even if he did the thing was pretty clogged up as is. It's supposed to be a screen that'd let the oil flow threw it. Looking at it, the screen looked to be at least 90% clogged. Not sure if you can tell that in the pic or now 
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What kind of issues have you seen?
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WIX for me, because......WIX
We had one where the filter completely broke off the seal and left the ring on under normal circumstances.
On my truck the stem is long and you have to really monkey it to get it to seal properly and I had a instance where oil found a small spot to spit out the top. On a friends truck the bottom of the filter cracked and leaked.
All instances luckily were caught before anything horrible happened.
On my truck the stem is long and you have to really monkey it to get it to seal properly and I had a instance where oil found a small spot to spit out the top. On a friends truck the bottom of the filter cracked and leaked.
All instances luckily were caught before anything horrible happened.
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Are there any other filters out there with the nut on the bottom of them? What originally drew me to them was that addition due to how tight that space is making it hard to get the filter on good enough not to leak. Know what I mean?
