OIL FILTER RELOCATION

[dieseldave]

DOES ANYONE HAVE PICTURES OF WHERE THEY PUT THE relocated OIL FILTER ?

 

[TexasRam1]

Here is mine. Edit; forgot I was in 5th gen forum. Mine is a 4th gen 1500 (2018)

 

[crazykid1994]

Mines mounted to the tow hook drop down.

My ram (ongoing project)

That's a great looking bumper!

www.ramforum.com

 

[dieseldave]

Here is mine. Edit; forgot I was in 5th gen forum. Mine is a 4th gen 1500 (2018)

Is that under the UCA ?

 

[crazykid1994]

Looks like it’s inside the frame rail driver side in front of the front crossmember

 

[TexasRam1]

Looks like it’s inside the frame rail driver side in front of the front crossmember

Correct!

 

[DIRTRIDER]

My setup, right behind passenger frt bumper

 

[Bajan1]

DOES ANYONE HAVE PICTURES OF WHERE THEY PUT THE relocated OIL FILTER ?

Mine is a dual filter and on the frame behind the grill. Easy to get to now. 2019 1500 4x4 hemi

 

[mikeru]

Mine is a dual filter and on the frame behind the grill. Easy to get to now. 2019 1500 4x4 hemi

Thanks for posting those. Interesting decision on location. Looks like you'll be cleaning off your active air dam after changing filters now.

 

[Lil' Rob]

Does anyone know installing this would void the warranty?

 

[mikeru]

Does anyone know installing this would void the warranty?

It will void any part of the warranty that they could prove was caused by it being installed. For instance, if it was not installed properly and your oil leaked out causing an engine issue. They would deny your warranty because the aftermarket part caused the failure. Installing aftermarket parts do not automatically void warranties. But if they can prove that the aftermarket part caused the failure, then warranty coverage can be denied.

 

[Lil' Rob]

That's kind of what I figured...don't need a ******* match with a dealer over something like that...thanks.

 

[tallfetcher]

where did you get your relocation kits from?

 

[Stavinksi]

When changing oil how much old oil is left in the lines and/or how do you drain the lines? Not enough to care about contamination of new oil?

 

[tallfetcher]

i cant imagine that it would be enough oil in those lines to need to worry about. there is probably more oil than that left in the oil galleys and cam phaser when you do an oil change anyway.

 

[mikeru]

When changing oil how much old oil is left in the lines and/or how do you drain the lines? Not enough to care about contamination of new oil?

Shouldn't be enough to worry about. But then again, I purposely mounted the filter slightly lower than the original filter location, and routed the hoses as straight as I could. So most of the oil would naturally drain out when the filter was removed.

 

[RAMTRPR]

Does mounting the filter vertical vs. horizontal make any difference? Seems Horizontal would be much easier to catch the oil as it comes out.

 

[Wild one]

Does mounting the filter vertical vs. horizontal make any difference? Seems Horizontal would be much easier to catch the oil as it comes out.

Vertical is better,that way you can pre-fill the filter,plus there's no drain back with them sitting vertical.

 

[ramffml]

Mine is a dual filter and on the frame behind the grill. Easy to get to now. 2019 1500 4x4 hemi

I'm not sure I'd put them there. You (or a guest driver) just need to jump the wrong curb or push up against something sticking up from the ground and you have a few seconds before your hemi bleeds out and stops working.

 

[Wild one]

I'm not sure I'd put them there. You (or a guest driver) just need to jump the wrong curb or push up against something sticking up from the ground and you have a few seconds before your hemi bleeds out and stops working.

The front bumper / tow hook mount and front crossmember are lower then they are,you bust off the tow hook mount or smash the crossmember or bumper hard enough to bend things enough you hit the filters,you got more serious issues then the oil filters,(if you look closer,you'll see the front bumper and front crossmember are way lower then the filters).You're probably picking your teeth out of the steering wheel,lol