Dorman926-959 Patented Upgraded Aluminum Engine Oil Filter Housing with Oil Cooler and Filter Compatible with Select Models (OE FIX)

The oil cooler is a known weak spot. You should, depending on mileage or age, replace both sensors on the housing. It has a coolant/oil temp switch on some models and an oil pressure sensor on all. It’s not easy to replace as it is under the intake plenums, you have two. Clean everything nicely and do not use sandpaper or a 90° angle grinder on it. I suggest swapping out your valve cover, gaskets depending on mileage while you’re in there. It is not easy. I have been a mechanic for over 20 years. It’s not that difficult either. It’s just time consuming. Take your time. Make sure you clean everything and when you get it together, you can run an oil pressure building procedure. The way you do this is you put your gas pedal all the way down to the floor and then proceed to start your jeep. The jeep will not start the 3.6 and 3.8 motors will not fire up if the gas pedal is depressed all the way. This will allow the engine to build oil pressure turn the key and attempt to start the car with the gas pedal down for 3 to 5 seconds then you have to turn the key all the way off because the Jeep will attempt to start itself. After you do this one or two times I suggest three times for 3 to 5 seconds each. Then pull your foot off of the gas pedal and start the vehicle.Do not use angle grinders, or anything on the gaskets in the valley you will destroy the block. When you’re cleaning up the intake gasket, use a plastic scraper or a gasket, scraper and brake cleaner or a solvent to clean the gasket material off of the intake. Do not damage your heads. Make sure you clean out the intake real well because you’re gonna have oil in there. The emissions regulations on these engines do not allow the crank case ventilation to go to the atmosphere. That’s why you will see oil in the system. You need to catch it to do anything about this or attempt to mitigate it. Yes, it looks good and it has a cool orange color and it’s aluminum. I’m not sure how well that is as the factory unit lasted me 11 years and 115,000 miles with very very small leaks. It’s been about five days since I’ve installed this unit and I continue to bleed the coolant and check my oil. When you bleed your coolant, make sure that you open up the valve on the top of the thermostat housing or you will have a heck of a time getting the air out of the system. This is well known for the 3.6. Search YouTube for help. Use 5-w30 oil from here on out. This is why they have rocker issues. If you are in the Midwest or somewhere in the center, you can use 5W-30 if you’re in a call the region you could probably use 5 20 with no issues if you’re in a warmer region adjust accordingly.

This product is a big improvement over the origional equiptment product. My Pacifica has almost 100K miles and I hope with this addition I can get another 100k out of her. Failure of the origional product could have cost by causing enginefailure. It is not worth taking a chance. The Dorman system is make of all high temp and accurately machined materialsfor perfect allignment on installation and long term performance. Enjoy! A++++++

Much better offering than the oem plastic Junk!. make sure to look in the bottom of the box under the peice of cardboard for the extra bolts I thought I lost lol. Its a great upgrade in my opinion. Aluminum is much stronger and looks like it will last a long time.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:This part was a nice plug and play upgrade to the factory oil cooler I feel like the aluminum body will resist warping better than the original. Came with seals. Great quality

Bought this to replace the plastic leaking oil cooler on my 2012 town and country. Few months after installation still functioning perfect

I'm not sure, but I think Dorman is the original company to make something like this, an aluminum replacement oil filter housing. Dorman isn't known for the greatest quality, but they aren't fly-by-night either. They have a large selection of after-market parts for Dodge and other brands. So, when I saw this, and saw other knock-off brands for around $100 less, I wondered if it was worth getting the Dorman? Ultimately, I decided yes, since the brand is at least moderately well regarded. But not sure it was worth the extra money.Some of the knock-offs even include an aluminum cap, while the cap is still plastic on the Dorman. Now you can buy an aluminum cap separately, I even ordered a chrome one. But that makes the price cost even more.So, what about the gaskets? Honestly, they look totally fine to me, though I guess you can't tell by looking. I don't have any problems with it yet, and hopefully won't. But I considered getting a knock-off and buying OEM or name-brand gaskets. That might be overall cheaper and even better, but I don't know.I do know that this is better than the OEM plastic, so I guess I am happy. I paired it with the Dorman coolant crossover pipe and the Dorman thermostat housing (but I tossed the Dorman thermostat and just used the housing.) So, all the cheap plastic stuff is gone and hopefully will last a long time.One minor note, it will work with models as old as 2011, but the 2011-2013 OEM used a slightly different oil filter design. So, if you use this on a 2011, 2012 or 2013 model, it will work fine but you will need to buy the right filter. All models after 2014 use the same filter.

Got this for preventative maintenance while fixing the pentastar tick. Instructions were easy, installation was easier, build quality is fantastic. No leaks, those experiencing those more than likely forgot one of the included gaskets during installation. Would recommend over OEM