my dealership sold me MZ690116 which was a shorter filter which looks just like the one I took off from the car for the first time and bolted on right.

I noticed however that the "FACTORY" filter although it looks the same with the difference of some Japanese writing on the site has a differet part number. - has anyone else noticed this?

 

Different numbers but the same part, at least thats what the parts guy told me. They part they sell has diffferent number than the one from the factory

 

yeah i guess so, especially since there werent any jap letters on my US filter?

 

my mr drain plug is 19mm

 

19MM on the MR? interesting

 

I see a lot of typos but a very good write-up indeed!!... Propz

 

so....there is a taller and shorter oil filter made for the evolutions from mitsu??

 

Very helpful to me...as i never done oil change before.

 

Add oil to filter to prevent dry-startup. Other then that and the filter size, good write-up!

 

as to what the purpose is of the electrical connection on the oil drain plug? It's completely different than the one pictured, has no crush washer, etc. I wonder if it's for the oil pressure gauge? At any rate, I torqued it back fairly lightly (around 15-20 ft/lb) and guess it's ok.

Also, just fyi, the filter number from the factory was different than either of the ones in this thread, but looked just like the smaller model.

 

are the crush washer really necessary to buy new every time you change your oil?

 

Comes with the filter.

 

the crush washer will assure a proper seal with no leaks.

if you reuse one you risk putting another crease in the edge and getting a leak

you can use the old tried-and-true copper crush washers which should be pennies each at your local auto parts store

but, yes, I agree that they should sell you one with the filter at the dealer if you use the MMA part

 

It does come with the filter dude if you buy factory of course (which is what I reccommend, and the only one I would use anyway).

 

Thanks for the write up