Oil Splitter Plug -- 360

No I haven't missed the point. The point is, just because there is a plug there doesn't mean you have to blindly follow some mantra that it must be removed.

I don't want to argue the point either. It doesn't matter if you do remove the plug as long as you replace it properly but it isn't necessary or mandatory that it be removed because of some very general guidelines that don't 100% apply to Mopars anyway.

What is important is that you are aware it's there and if you hot tank the block in a caustic solution you should probably remove it before, but you should definitely replace it after afterwards.