Oil Filter Housing on 3.6

[beltrunner]

At 30,000 miles and 2 years time, my 2017 Ram 3.6 sprung a leak from the oil filter housing. A plug that was glued into the front of the housing began to leak oil. I replaced the housing with a metal one from Doorman, a unit that was made in the United States. I used the Doorman provided O Rings, and used Standard Motor sending units (the factory sending units could not be removed from the factory housing as the metal inserts they were screwed into just spun in the housing...not worth fooling around with IMO). So now, over 5 years and 40,000 mies later the new housing is holding tight. I am in the process of replacing a leaky housing on a friend's 2016 Ram, and I can see that the bottom O Rings are shot, but I cannot find any cracks or other places on the actual housing that show leakage. Has anyone had success in replacing just the O Rings on an original housing? Thanks for any input on this.

 

[Fast69Mopar]

At 30,000 miles and 2 years time, my 2017 Ram 3.6 sprung a leak from the oil filter housing. A plug that was glued into the front of the housing began to leak oil. I replaced the housing with a metal one from Doorman, a unit that was made in the United States. I used the Doorman provided O Rings, and used Standard Motor sending units (the factory sending units could not be removed from the factory housing as the metal inserts they were screwed into just spun in the housing...not worth fooling around with IMO). So now, over 5 years and 40,000 mies later the new housing is holding tight. I am in the process of replacing a leaky housing on a friend's 2016 Ram, and I can see that the bottom O Rings are shot, but I cannot find any cracks or other places on the actual housing that show leakage. Has anyone had success in replacing just the O Rings on an original housing? Thanks for any input on this.

I have had mixed success with just replacing the orings but I have only done it when I was in a pinch or the customer knew up front that it was a band-aid.

Sometimes it really is just an oring that is leaking but for the sake of removing the intake manifold for a second time I would replace the housing. This is just my unprofessional opinion and my past experiences. YMMV. If it were me and your friend had the money to replace the housing I would go that route.

 

[beltrunner]

Thanks for the info, Fast69Mopar...yeah, this is definitely a case where money is an issue...my research on the hundreds of cheap housings on Amazon show that one can have a disaster going that route...the housings that are not real expensive that I recommend are the Standard Motors Products, and the NAPA...but then anything is expensive when a set of O Rings can be had for under $20...some info for anyone who might want to use factory O Rings with any aftermarket housing...the new factory O Rings are part#

68191356AB​

the emphasis being on the "AB" at the end, and not the old "AA" seals that my local dealer tried to sneak in on me...there is supposedly a big difference in the composition of the new seals, which I will be using if my Doorman housing starts to leak...