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I have a 1998 F-150 5.4 L with a remote oil filter under the front bumper. It leaks all the time. Is there a conversion kit to put the filter on the engine. The replacement parts are costly.
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Perhaps if you gave a little more information on what brand of filter adapter you're using and where it's leaking from, someone else with a similar setup may be able to offer some suggestions.
Perhaps if you gave a little more information on what brand of filter adapter you're using and where it's leaking from, someone else with a similar setup may be able to offer some suggestions.
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I don't see a brand or model on the filter block. The truck came stock this way. It leaks around the oil tube where it attaches to the filter block. Again, the assembly is up under the front bumper.
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I think that you may have the factory remote filter which appears to consist of a casting on the engine block and oil hoses to another casting to which the oil filter mounts. I would suspect the hoses and would think that any store that makes hydraulic hoses could provide replacements, but I am guessing.
I suppose you could replace the casting on the block with the normal oil filter adapter, but it seems they would have put the remote on for a reason (clearance or an oil cooler?), and you would then lose that. And I don't suppose the filter base casting is cheap from Ford either, but maybe it would be esier to find in a junk yard.
Sorry I can't be of more help!
I suppose you could replace the casting on the block with the normal oil filter adapter, but it seems they would have put the remote on for a reason (clearance or an oil cooler?), and you would then lose that. And I don't suppose the filter base casting is cheap from Ford either, but maybe it would be esier to find in a junk yard.
Sorry I can't be of more help!
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In my opinion you should replace those hoses every 2 years. I had a chevy blazer with factory installed relocation kit installed and those external oil hoses don't last very long before they break.
Originally posted by ickeskartom
I have a 1998 F-150 5.4 L with a remote oil filter under the front bumper. It leaks all the time. Is there a conversion kit to put the filter on the engine. The replacement parts are costly.
I have a 1998 F-150 5.4 L with a remote oil filter under the front bumper. It leaks all the time. Is there a conversion kit to put the filter on the engine. The replacement parts are costly.
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