Jack88

Stupid question! What are these metal rings that came with my oil filter for? Also, It would seem my old torque mount had some kind of cap in it's plug and the connector I would expect to go to it had what was presumably a resistor.

MP4.2+6.0

They eliminated electrical connection to torque mount. What you have looks like an early one with it, but then also the cut off connector. Instead, what they put in was a resistor termination connector. But it should be on the wiring harness end, not the torque mount end.

Didn't have a D3 4.2, but a guess is bigger ring is for oil pan drain plug, and smaller ring is for the drain plug on bottom of oil filter canister?

Mister Bally

Small ring is for the oil filter canister drain plug. The large one is for the oil drain plug on a vehicle other than the D3 4.2L engine. The correct crush ring for the engine oil drain plug is sold separately.

Jack88

So, I guess I won't need either?

Mister Bally

You should be using the small one as you should be removing the drain plug from the oil filter canister. Replace the sealing washer.

Jack88

I never pulled that drain plug, I dumped the oil out of the housing when I removed it!

Mister Bally

How can you dump the oil out of the housing? You'd have to turn the car on its side or remove the oil cooler. I guess you can suction out the oil though. If you just pull the filter out, there is probably 6-8 ounces of old oil remaining in there. That;s measured with my calibrated eyeballs.

Jack88

Ah, you mustn't have read my other threads! I did in fact remove the housing to replace the oil cooler pipe, a big pain in the neck! So I did have the oil cooler removed.

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