Oil filter housing (3.2 V6)

[Nick W]

If you know yours works, then leave it alone. But once the under engineered locating lug breaks off, spending £12 on a converter is the way to go.

That is easier said then done.
The last time it was very stressful to get the cap off  , and again there is an oil change on the way.
So this time I'll be prepared with the alternative.

Mine was the same; the first change I did required a strap wrench around the housing, and a good heave to undo the cap. I reassembled it, and torqued the cap to the correct setting with a torque wrench. The next oil change a year later required the same amount of buggering about, so I converted to a spin on filter. In almost thirty years I've never struggled to undo or had one leak, and I make less mess changing them. That the Omega needs an additional, poorly located housing to use a paper filter seems like a make-work job for a bored engineer to me.

[EMD]

It's a common problem.


We can't call it bad design, it makes the Omega apologists foam at the mouth. But you can buy an adapter to convert back to a reliable spin-off filter.


You need to hold the housing by whatever method suits you(large pliers, mole grips, strap clamp) to undo the cap. Then you can undo the bolt that attaches the housing to the engine. Having done all of that, throw the oppsing thing in the bin.

This is most favourable  Besides i like to get oily sometimes 

[omega2018]

defo switch to spin on .  plus the spin on filter 93156954 VOF 93 is now replaced with 95509857 which is termed a 'longlife' filter, I assume it is better than the cartridge.

'dangle berries', it just means they can charge more for it, making it more expensive that the superior post 99 type.

yes probably General Motors Corporation are just printing "long life" on it to con people


funny how reputable companies can be so wonderfully good when it comes to some products (like TC oil apparently) and sh*t at others. 



PS the bug does annoy me too, still catches me out sometimes