Any one here install one on their 4.6L? After changing my oil for the first time and seeing how difficult it is to get to the filter I started looking into a relocation kit. Any issues any of you have with these kits? Anything I need to be worried about? Thanks.

 

I haven't found anyone that has done it.
That is a lousy place to get at. Looks easy till you get under there.
My solution was to buy K&N oil filters on sale, they are about the best on the market, and have a bolt head welded to the top. End of problem.
OK, so I cheated...
Chris

 

Please don't think I'm being a know-it-all or smartas$. The filter is not all that hard to remove. If you have the right tool, which I bought at AutoZone for about $5, it's as easy as any filter I've ever removed. It's a lot easier than a previous Japanese car I owned, easier than the filter on my '04 Taurus, and not any more difficult than any of my previous 9 Ford trucks. I *personally* would rather take this approach before I would relocate the filter since relocation kits have lines and fittings that can leak, thermostats that can malfunction, and adapter plates that could possibly leak, too. Just my $0.02. BTW, I'm basing my opinion on my 5.4l which I assume is reasonably similar to your 4.6l. If not, I stand corrected.

 

txfx4x4, there are two different filters used on the 4.6. The short fat one is like the one on the 5.4. I hear it's not too bad to remove. The skinny one is the one I have. Do to strange routing, the bottom radiator hose runs within a fraction of an inch of the filter. I have four or five cap type filter wrenches, each of which 'interferes' with the hose. You can get them on, but to turn it involves turning the wrench with one hand, bracing yourself on the ground with the other, and pushing the hose away with your third hand...

If it's on a rack, or you are small and young, not a problem. Some of us are big guys, and not as willing to lay on the floor and stuff our heads under the dam if we don't have to.
Getting it with a band wrench shades on impossible, without putting strain on the hose.
If you want to leave the oil in there long enough to get your bucks worth on synthetic, using a top quality Champion or K&N filter pays off. And they have the bolt on top.

Chris

 

I feel your pain on this one, Chris. I travel every week and don't have time to change my oil on my 2005 4.6L SCABs (We have 2), and I took the first one to have the oil change this weekend. The change went fine, but when I got it home, the next morning, there was oil all over the driveway. Apparently when the guys at Ji$$y Lube took off the filter, they got oil all over the little pan underneath the filter. What a mess. THankfully, they hadn't cross threaded the pan bolt or the filter, but in looking at this, I can see how the relocation kit would appeal to you (and me). I'd be interested to hear what others have to say as well on this. THanks to txfx4x4 too for your opinion/interest.

-Tim

 

i have one on my 99 5.4 its nice to have but it get worrysome due to it being right behind the bumper