WARNING!!!! 2017 Ram 3500, Cummins C/C No oil filter gasket from factory

longbowdog · Feb 20, 2017

That's right... changed oil at 4k to find no oil filter gasket was installed on oil filter from the factory. Had no leaks or anything thank god. It was tight as sh-t too. However, please take note. I did call and report it to Ram.

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Tach_tech · Feb 20, 2017

I can't see how it wouldn't be leaking without a gasket. Are you sure the old gasket wasn't just stuck to the baseplate.

mtofell · Feb 20, 2017

Tach_tech said:
I can't see how it wouldn't be leaking without a gasket. Are you sure the old gasket wasn't just stuck to the baseplate.

Anything is possible and OP was there but I just can't imagine this is possible. 50-60 psi with metal to metal contact? No way that isn't absolutely spitting oil everywhere.

J3FF3RSON · Feb 20, 2017

The most likely culprit would be the filter stuck the the baseplate, which you'll for sure see a leak with two gaskets.

I remember when I was a teenager, I helped change the oil on my friend's 1998 Explorer (first time either of us did it). We didn't realize the old gasket was stuck and put a new filter and gasket on. Started the explorer up and oil when EVERYWHERE. His mother was so pissed, and his Explorer smoked like a freight train for days.

yoda · Feb 21, 2017

Either it fell off when he removed the filter or it is double gasketed. Hopefully the first.
Or his next post will be
"My POS cummins blew up and the stealership wont cover it"

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