A Closer Look: Oil Filter Housing Kits

Inside the Standard® box, you'll find an Oil Filter Housing Kit that is factory-assembled. Each housing includes a new oil pressure sensor, oil temperature sensor, oil cooler, the correct year/make/model-specific oil filter, new gaskets and seals already installed. Our Oil Filter Housing Kits also include the intake manifold gaskets needed for a complete repair.

The original oil filter housings on the Pentastar V6 are known for their high failure rates. There are multiple weak points in the original design where oil can leak. Our engineers evaluated the original units and designed housings with multiple improvements over the original to address the OE weak points.

Our Oil Filter Housings are designed to match the thermal characteristics of the original design. This is critical as these housings are not only oil filters, but also oil coolers. When the OE developed the oil cooling system to use a high-temp synthetic housing, that is what we deliver, and when the OE uses aluminum, we use aluminum.

While different generations of Pentastar oil filter housings do look the same, there are functional differences in their design. Standard® always matches OE design and performance by using oil filters with the correct flow rate and the correct oil pressure sensors. Universal housings may not match OE performance for every vehicle model-year that they are catalogued for.