Canister Oil filter on 2017 GT350R

machsmith · Apr 19, 2017

WTF! Has anyone gotten their wrench from ford yet? Maybethe wrench is for this style filter? Do you just swap out the element in this new one?

Zitrosounds · Apr 19, 2017

machsmith said:
WTF! Has anyone gotten their wrench from ford yet? Maybethe wrench is for this style filter? Do you just swap out the element in this new one?

I was thinking the same thing! Maybe the filter and wrench will be for this new style.

jpindustrie · Apr 19, 2017

Maybe that's why the price of the original spin on filter Ford part has gone up in price ?

jpindustrie · Apr 19, 2017

Honestly if this removes the torque requirement that seems to throw all the Ford techs for a loop then I'm all for it.

Rainier42 · Apr 19, 2017

Wow. Anyone else seeing this?

Muligan · Apr 19, 2017

The original notice for the free filter wrench mentioned that it applies to cars built from 2/24/15 - 11/22/16.

Could be that they changed to the canister as of 11/23/16.

BoomBoy · Apr 19, 2017

Anyone gotten their free wrench yet?

jpindustrie · Apr 19, 2017

Can anyone with a nov 2016 build date confirm what kind of filter they have ? My 2017 has a sept '16 build and it is still using the spin on type.

xXANCHORMONXx · Apr 19, 2017

More than likely the oil filter housing changed.

Unless there is some sort of adapter I don't see this style working on the metal oil filter cars.

kairojya · Apr 19, 2017

machsmith said:
WTF! Has anyone gotten their wrench from ford yet? Maybethe wrench is for this style filter? Do you just swap out the element in this new one?

For this type of design you just change the filter element out. My VW GTI is like this, but the housing is mounted upside down and accessible from the top of the engine bay (no mess when changing).

Here's an example filter element: http://contentinfo.autozone.com/znetcs/product-info/en/US/sxl/S11784XL/image/2/

crazymayhem · Apr 19, 2017

So now we just need to know:

- Is it a general change for all GT350 & Rs as of a specific date
- is is definitely a canister with exchangeable filter element
- can pre specific date GT350 & Rs use this design?

jpindustrie · Apr 19, 2017

xXANCHORMONXx said:
More than likely the oil filter housing changed.

Unless there is some sort of adapter I don't see this style working on the metal oil filter cars.

Wow so ford is going to run two part number specs for the same model year ????

It's almost like they want the dealership - customer relationship to fail. Hardly any of their techs follow basic instructions now they expect them to care about which filter they will pull when doing the oil changes? Just great. :doh:

tdzee · Apr 19, 2017

BoomBoy · Apr 19, 2017

jpindustrie said:
Wow so ford is going to run two part number specs for the same model year ????

It's almost like they want the dealership - customer relationship to fail. Hardly any of their techs follow basic instructions now they expect them to care about which filter they will pull when doing the oil changes? Just great. :doh:

If I were to guess, both parts are interchangeable. Newer one can put on the older filter design and older one can put on the new style.

I'm thinking Ford is discontinuing the older filter design as they are sending out a recall for the filter wrench.

Tank · Apr 19, 2017

Muligan said:
The original notice for the free filter wrench mentioned that it applies to cars built from 2/24/15 - 11/22/16.

Could be that they changed to the canister as of 11/23/16.

Good observation counselor :thumbsup:

Or is the much discussed new filter and wrench a conversion kit???

BoomBoy said:
Anyone gotten their free wrench yet?

No

If indeed they changed all 5.2s to the cannister style, most of us will have pre-cannister oil filters if production continues into the future... for posterity and provenance.

Canister Oil filter on 2017 GT350R

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