No, it does not. So, this rubber bushing gets placed on the bottom of the filter element? If so, is this part available anywhere?
First Time Engine Oil Change-- Oy!
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Hi @e9Leveque! It seems I discarded the rubber gasket (bushing) that goes on the bottom of the oil filter. Can you check if you have one you are willing to sell to me? I plan to run the engine to continue my fluid changing process... coolant. Thanks!
Don' forget to remove the engine block plug when doing the coolant. It is on the passenger side, down low and toward the firewall at the level of the engine mount.
And the reason for that is all the nasty stuff is down there!
Let's make sure we are all talking about the same parts here. Part 13 is a metal washer that sits up into the bottom of the filter and is often discarded because it sort of "sticks" to the filter and so you remove the filter and throw it away not realizing the washer is stuck on the bottom. The rubber grommet i THINK sits in the center of that washer hole, not quite sure what purpose is serves, and I agree it's odd that it seems we can see it on the top of your spring with the bolt coming up through it, suggesting that maybe it separated from part 13 the metal washer. I have both parts 13 and 14 (metal washer and grommet), let me know which of the two you need. Mine is also grayish-white rather than the black shown in the previous picture posted. I'll dig these out and post photos here.
Seems it needs both.
Cupped plate is an important piece to install if you want filtered oil to your bearings. From the oil pump, oil is supposed to travel to the outside of the filter, make its way through the filter to the center leaving the nasty particles behind.
At the top, the filter is "sealed" against top housing. At the bottom there is significant open space and the filter element would be free to travel up and down were it not for the bottom spring and plate.
Can't really tell on the picture if just looking at the small end of beehive spring or remains of seal on top of spring.
If you only install the rubber seal, that is not large enough diameter to seal anything by itself without the cupped plate.
Filter will drop to bottom of the can and do very little else. Oil will go past filter, not through.
Cupped plate is an important piece to install if you want filtered oil to your bearings. From the oil pump, oil is supposed to travel to the outside of the filter, make its way through the filter to the center leaving the nasty particles behind.
At the top, the filter is "sealed" against top housing. At the bottom there is significant open space and the filter element would be free to travel up and down were it not for the bottom spring and plate.
Can't really tell on the picture if just looking at the small end of beehive spring or remains of seal on top of spring.
If you only install the rubber seal, that is not large enough diameter to seal anything by itself without the cupped plate.
Filter will drop to bottom of the can and do very little else. Oil will go past filter, not through.
Makes sense, thanks for the thorough explanation. I found my metal washer, this is about as simple a part as there is. Is it the case that these are difficult to find? If so, once I’m home I’ll 3d scan it before shipping it off to @Catbert so that we can make some more. Let’s not have this piece be the cause of dirty oil. Regarding the rubber grommet, I know I ordered one since I see it in my EBay history (shipped from Egypt, no less), but couldn’t find it on my initial glance through my parts bin. I’ll check again, but does anyone have one available to measure inner and outer diameter as well as thickness? If it’s only serving as a grommet then a replacement shouldn’t be too hard to source with the measurements.