Hi there. Just to let you all know, I have visited the forums before but I have never posted so if I posted in the wrong area, I'm sorry!
I have a 2014 Dodge Journey Limited with the 3.6L. It just tripped 200,000 miles yesterday. Here is the problem I have. The oil filter housing started leaking really bad. I ordered a new one and replaced. It came with all new gaskets and a new o-ring. After replacing, it didn't fix the issue.
I went to the dealer and bought all new gaskets and o-ring (comes as a set). Replaced the gaskets and o-ring and it's STILL leaking.
Added UV oil dye, It's leaking at the o-ring. Might be leaking somewhere else as well, but I don't believe so. I haven't taken the upper and lower intake plenums off again to go over the entire unit with the UV light. Figured I would ask here before doing all of that again.
How do I get this o-ring to stop leaking? Honestly I'm at the point of either buying the Alum Dorman one (I didn't do that because the vehicle has 200,000 miles) or trying some RTV to seal it up. I have a another set of gaskets and an o-ring but I hesitate to change the o-ring out again because I honestly think it will just continue to leak.
Can anyone enlighten me here before I push this vehicle off a cliff???
I took the liberty of including a picture pointing to the leaking o-ring. I don't want to start bad mouthing my Journey, after all it's got 200,000 miles on it! I know some people complain about Mopar, but I have spent less than 2 grand in repairs since 2014 on it.