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Replace always has me paranoid though

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Drove 50 miles home no problems, first few miles after an oil change always has me paranoid though.
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Replace filter housing

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Whatever the reason, do yourself a favor and change your filter housing.
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Replace housing about every other oil

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Some folks on this forum talk about replacing the housing about every other oil change.
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Replace saw this in my drip pan

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was doing an oil change an saw this in my drip pan.
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Use non-standard length filter cartridge

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From the verbiage it seems this is an adapter that fits inside the factory filter housing, to allow one to use a non-standard length filter cartridge.
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Replace always has me paranoid though

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Drove 50 miles home no problems, first few miles after an oil change always has me paranoid though.
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Whatever the reason, do yourself a favor and change your filter housing.
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Replace housing about every other oil

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Some folks on this forum talk about replacing the housing about every other oil change.
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Replace saw this in my drip pan

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was doing an oil change an saw this in my drip pan.
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Use non-standard length filter cartridge

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From the verbiage it seems this is an adapter that fits inside the factory filter housing, to allow one to use a non-standard length filter cartridge.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

was doing an oil change an saw this in my drip pan. I'm sure it goes into the oil pedestal area and the filter attaches but just to be sure i had to ask. the part I'm talking about is in this thread. so apparently it sits at the base of the oil filter housing? https://rennlist.com/forums/996-forum/1072756-diy-guide-full-flow-non-bypass-oil-filter-housing-mod-for-1-no-spin-on.html#&gid=1&pid=1

POST 2Original post

I've never seen on of those things. From the verbiage it seems this is an adapter that fits inside the factory filter housing, to allow one to use a non-standard length filter cartridge. That's just a guess, and I'm gonna feel really bad if everyone else has one.

POST 3Original post

Yes it fits in the bottom of the oil canister.

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Your filter probably collapse ? Whatever the reason, do yourself a favor and change your filter housing. It is cheap (about 25 usd) compared to a blown engine ! Some folks on this forum talk about replacing the housing about every other oil change. Or maybe consider upgrading to a spin on ? If it were me I wouldn't put this back on.

POST 5 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I put it back on. Put the spring piece on one end of the oil filter and inserted it into the housing till i felt it click into place. Drove 50 miles home no problems, first few miles after an oil change always has me paranoid though. looking in that rear view for an oil trail.

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