BrentW
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- September 1, 2013
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- City, State
- Tulsa, Ok
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2002 Explorer XLS 4.0 4x4
Dropped the lower pan off my 4.0L yesterday evening to change the gasket since it had a slight drip. I wanted to change the oil and filter in the process. No big deal, but I did find some plastic chunks down there so I know one of my guides has gave up on me. But my question is this. The oil filter the guy at Orielly gave me wasnt the right one. It wasnt ad tall as the one I took off and it would not thread onto the mounting point. Soooo.. I looked around in the garage and I found a brand new motorcraft FL-1A for a 5.0L Mustang. It looked to be dimensionally the same and the O-Ring matched up and it threaded on. Anyone see a reason this would cause a problem? In all my years I dont see any reason it wouldnt be just fine. The oil pressure (on the factory gauge) looks fine and the engine sounds fine and I drove it in to work today without any issues. But it stresses me that I didnt put the correct one on it. But I couldnt really go up to the store with no oil in my truck either. Just want a second opinion to ease my mind.