Werid oil filter
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Werid oil filter
So I went to go pick up a oil filter and oil. I got a k&n hp-2004 pictured below:
Anyways it's short and fat whatever.
So I go to change the filter and it's a completely different filter, it long and skinny. Shown below:
Now, I did a SEARCH and found out that size doesn't matter actually u can run skinny or long just as long as gaskets and threads line up. Which they did..
So I try screwing on the k&n and it's rubbing against the engine block, as if it was too big. So I run to the auto store he looks up the filter and I had the right one (the k&n) but he cross referenced he STP one and found me another one just like it. So I bought the long and skinny one.
I go home I try every which way to put this short fat one on and it just isn't happening. It's cross threading, it's too fat and it hits the block. So, I put in the STP one (a brand new one) and it for like a dream no problems.
Does anyone have any idea why my 1995 Cherokee sport 4.0L straight 6 doesn't take a standard sized short fat jeep spec oil filter? I don't even know what the long skinny filter is used in, but it fits my jeep, kind strange (I'm the third owner. Previous owner changed nothing but the head gasket )
Any ideas?
Anyways it's short and fat whatever.
So I go to change the filter and it's a completely different filter, it long and skinny. Shown below:
Now, I did a SEARCH and found out that size doesn't matter actually u can run skinny or long just as long as gaskets and threads line up. Which they did..
So I try screwing on the k&n and it's rubbing against the engine block, as if it was too big. So I run to the auto store he looks up the filter and I had the right one (the k&n) but he cross referenced he STP one and found me another one just like it. So I bought the long and skinny one.
I go home I try every which way to put this short fat one on and it just isn't happening. It's cross threading, it's too fat and it hits the block. So, I put in the STP one (a brand new one) and it for like a dream no problems.
Does anyone have any idea why my 1995 Cherokee sport 4.0L straight 6 doesn't take a standard sized short fat jeep spec oil filter? I don't even know what the long skinny filter is used in, but it fits my jeep, kind strange (I'm the third owner. Previous owner changed nothing but the head gasket )
Any ideas?
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hmm idk i have a 95 sport and my filter is short and fat and its not even close to the block. i would assume the size all depends on brand i use cheap fram filters
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What year Cherokee? Don't use STP or Fram. If your Jeep is 91 or later, go to Napa and get a 1085. O'Reilly's now carries Wix also.
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You can always pick up a Mopar Filter at walmart. I know when I took off the fram filter when I first bought my 98 at made a big difference on my oil pressure. Fram filters are garbage on the Jeep 4.0.
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?? It's. 1995 Cherokee. I threw a stp in cause it's the only one they had. The short fat one didn't fit. It like cross threads. Maybe the previous owner swapped engines?
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K&N oil filters are a waste of money and FRAM filters have a high failure rate (they commonly cause dry starts). Mopar or Wix seem to be the most recommended filters on this forum, i personally use Wix after a FRAM filter literally fell apart while on my engine (FRAM will never see another Dime from me after that).
Everywhere i ask, i hear good things about Wix. Also the only place i can find near me that sells Mopar filters is the stealership.
Anyways, that K&N looks really big and the STP isn't filtering much oil. So i would get a new filter from either Mopar or Wix quickly.
Everywhere i ask, i hear good things about Wix. Also the only place i can find near me that sells Mopar filters is the stealership.
Anyways, that K&N looks really big and the STP isn't filtering much oil. So i would get a new filter from either Mopar or Wix quickly.
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Quick Google of that STP part number brought me to this:
http://www.usallparts.com/catalog/pr...7a2345d907116e
Definitely not a Jeep filter. It's for Ford/Lincoln/Mercury.
http://www.usallparts.com/catalog/pr...7a2345d907116e
Definitely not a Jeep filter. It's for Ford/Lincoln/Mercury.
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I went to the WIX site and crossed both numbers. They both have 3/4-16 threads, so either should thread on. The K&N crosses to a 51068, and the STP crosses to a 57301. If you look up your application, it comes up with a 51085, which is just slightly shorter than the 51068. Many on here (myself included) run the 51515, which is even a little longer than the 51068.
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A FL-1A is big, long and fat, available just about everywhere and the threads fit perfect.....at least on a '98 anyway, but gotta be careful with the threads on the filter adapter......don't force a filter on. IIRC, the FL-1A less than $4 at Walmart.
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Can someone take a picture of there filter from a top view? the short fat filter would thread on for like 2 seconds and it just get tight and stops moving
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