Couldn't thread FL-500S filter on?

[Spart]

I just went to do my first oil change on my 2017 at 1000 miles (I know it's unnecessary but that's not what this thread is about.) Bought a Motorcraft FL-500S filter like most folks recommend, and I could not get that filter to thread on. I tried for about five minutes, no joy. Wiped down the old filter and threw it up there and it threaded on the first time, zero fuss.

The factory filter had only a "Motorcraft" label with no part number which I thought was bizzare. It was also physically shorter than the FL-500S replacement, but the mating surface looked to me to be identical.

Is it possible Ford made a change with the 2017's or did I just draw the short straw and get a bad filter?

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[Danielfa14]

Chances are you got a bad filter, I would take it back to wherever you purchased it and ask them for a replacement

 

[jasonstang]

I think the thread on the new filter is bad.
I did have hard time threading mine on too.

 

[ccredbaron]

FYI..............I just this last weekend replaced oil and filter at 1,000 miles on my 2017 GT. The MC FL-500s filter I bought from WalMart screwed right on with no problems.

 

[Spart]

FYI..............I just this last weekend replaced oil and filter at 1,000 miles on my 2017 GT. The MC FL-500s filter I bought from WalMart screwed right on with no problems.

Good to know... I'm thinking I just got a bad filter.

 

[Spart]

Just updating this, I picked up a new filter and it threaded on super easy just like the factory one.

Guess I just got a bad one? Been changing my own oil since I was a kid and this is a first for me. I guess, better the threads be cut weird than something else wrong with the filter.

 

[ScottsGT]

Well this is not very reassuring as to the quality of the Motorcraft oil filter. If they screw up the threads, what can they muck up internally?? I've always been a fan of the Purolator Gold filters and it seems that they are phasing them out.

 

[Spart]

Well this is not very reassuring as to the quality of the Motorcraft oil filter. If they screw up the threads, what can they muck up internally?? I've always been a fan of the Purolator Gold filters and it seems that they are phasing them out.

I don't think it's a big deal. I'll keep using them while I have the powertrain warranty.

 

[ScottsGT]

You do realize it is not necessary to use a Motorcraft filter to maintain warranty?

 

[HISSMAN]

You do realize it is not necessary to use a Motorcraft filter to maintain warranty?

No, but the FL-500S is one of the, if not the best filter out there for our cars.

 

[ScottsGT]

I hope so. I stocked up!!

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