Newb Oil Filter Question

72bluNblu said

The bolt. With the 90° adaptor you have an extra sealing surface under the head of the bolt, for a total of 3.

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Without the adaptor you only have 2, the filter and the gasket under the plate.

I honestly don't give a crap about the rest of it. Plenty of magnum engines have gone 200k+ with the shorter filter. Hell I have 170k+ on the 5.9 in my Dakota. Not worried about it at all.

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I agree. And guys will put a crappy PH8A Fram long ( 5.75"?)
And think it is better than a mid size ( 4" ?) K&N or Wix Gold or even Sliver.
My 2002 (last year?) ram van 3500 5.9 had over 250,000 miles on it and used mid lengthy filters
Only got rid of it as trans went out. Ran very, very well but smoked on 1st start up and under full mash of loud peddle. Got 10-12 mpg was worse thing about it.