So I decided to spend the last 50 hours looking into oil filters. I am a research nut especially since I had a knee replacement that went bad and I'm laid up for at least 3 to 4 more months (in addition to the 6 1/2 I've already put in). In any event it appears that WIX WL 10060 has a micron raton rating of 19. I purchased one at O'Reilly's for (I'm choking right about now) $29.95. Even the counter help was surprised at the cost. Anyway it was the highest micron rating I could find although there are other micron variables to consider (it's a total education on its own). then I took a look at NAPA and found the same Wix WL10060 and same price $29.95. HOWEVER a little additional research at NAPA and I found a SPI 2100060 oil filter that's made by, yup WIX with the same micron rating. $4.99!!!. I now have both and are comparing them. The $30 filter looks exactly like the $5 filter with 1 exception - for $25.00 you get 1 additional fold (40 vs 39). Does anyone have a good reason why the $5.00 filter would be different than the $30 filter? I couldn't find any on line. If they're the same I'm just going to change the $5 filter every 1500 miles. Am I nuts or am I onto something?
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showed up at dealer with my engine oil filter part number ; 6822 9402 AA
part's guy hands me a box with completely different part number : 6849 2616 AA
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it looks exactly like the previous filters I used before ,
so .... i did a search here to find out how long I have been sleeping ...
I did not find anything , has the part number been different for a long time ????
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part's guy hands me a box with completely different part number : 6849 2616 AA
..
it looks exactly like the previous filters I used before ,
so .... i did a search here to find out how long I have been sleeping ...
I did not find anything , has the part number been different for a long time ????
..
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I have a 2nd gen, 2016, with 55K miles on it, and going to change the oil myself with Rotella T6 and wanted to check to see what the latest and greatest recommendation is for an oil filter?
Most will want you to spend your money on a Mopar one. I say phooey to that.
When I had my 2014 Edodiesel I used the Ecoguard filters that you find on Ebay. Never had an issue in over 100K miles.
When I had my 2014 Edodiesel I used the Ecoguard filters that you find on Ebay. Never had an issue in over 100K miles.
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I have been using the aFe Filter for most of my 190,000 miles. My oil analyses are really good. I see their price went up to $75 for the 4-pack, so $18.75 each up from ~$16 each in the past. Of course they cost more when you buy them singly.
I've been using the Mahle/Hastings filter for a long while now.
I cut up a bunch of filters and wrote a bunch of blah blah here if you're interested-
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I cut up a bunch of filters and wrote a bunch of blah blah here if you're interested-
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I looked up UFI Filtration on the ol' google. I did this a while back, but got side tracked. Anyway, the actual filter and housing on our truck is made by UFI Filtration. So, I went to their website. I looked in their catalogue. I selected UFI motorcars-Dodge (USA) Commercial Vehicles-RAM...
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I would recommend the K&N Premium.
Amazon K&N
Amazon K&N
I have 2015 Ecodisel Tradesman that I purchased used in 2019. Have changed oil twice. Just noticed I have a Magna oil filter underneath with 2 hoses connected to it. Noticed oil from was dripping from the hoses where It connected. Put hose clamps on as they had zipties on. Oil filters should be changed I think. But after checking, there is no 2nd oil filter so must be an added filter previous owner installed. Can't make out the filters as to replace it. Any ideas?
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If there is still an oil filter on the top of the engine (replaceable cartridge in plastic housing), then the oil filter you found underneath is most likely a bypass oil filtration set-up
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Those numbers are not the filter numbers since its an Amsoil filter it well be A EO number. That looks like how they would do a bypass filtration setup but that is not a bypass filter. How are the hoses ran?
Don't really know. I was underneath the truck and saw a filter that shouldn't be there, saw 2 hoses that were wet with oil attached to it. I don't even know where the other ends attach, they just go back up into the engine compartment on Drivers side. With all the hoses, I can't tell which is which. But really don't care as it's something extra the previous owner added, but as a filter, it should be changed. I never noticed it before until I saw the wet oil where they connected. The previous owner traded it at Simi Valley Dodge, who auctioned it off, and I bought it from Beverly Hills Broker. So none of any changes or upgrades was communicated to me. It has Air Lift air bags in the rear, a ball in the truckbed center for a gooseneck trailer to be attached. I found everything after I purchased the truck. The Air Lift wireless remote was missing, but the dealership had left the previous owners info in the glove compartment and i contacted him to find out about the remote. Didn't know about the extra filter at the time. I purchased a new wirless remote and the 4Wheels joined it to the compressor. The compressor went south and I just replaced it, it's a 1st generation. Anyone know how to join it to the remote? One instruction said ground it's yellow wite, but it only has a red and black wire.
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Have you removed it and verified its engine oil? My guess would be thats a fuel filter..
Oh, I removed it and It says oil filter and its motor oil in it. I know about the fuel filter which I have changed before. The truck has 2 oil filters. I removed it but had to put it back since I hadn't planned on it. This is the 3rd oil change I've done before finally noticing it. I've put 25 thousand miles on that filter so it should be changed.
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