# Car Question: Cartridge-style oil filter replacement **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 12, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-cartridge-style-oil-filter-replacement/528712 "2010-02-12T15:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-cartridge-style-oil-filter-replacement/528712/1 "2010-02-12T15:40:58Z")
On my new Hyundai, there’s a cartridge-style oil filter. It looks like the innards of a standard oil filter, i.e. just the paper/fiber thingy. I assume it goes into something? Do I need special tools to open this “something?” Is it in the normal kinda oil filter location? I assume this isn’t a difficult task, but is there anything I need to know or to look out for? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-cartridge-style-oil-filter-replacement/528712/2 "2010-02-12T16:16:25Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I assume it goes into something? Yes, the oil filter housing. > [@](#): > > Do I need special tools to open this “something?” Probably not. Give me the year, model, and engine size (liters) and I can look it up. > [@](#): > > Is it in the normal kinda oil filter location? ??? I’ve seen oil filters in many different places. There is no “normal” location. But again, I can look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-cartridge-style-oil-filter-replacement/528712/3 "2010-02-12T16:19:42Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > Yes, the oil filter housing. > > Probably not. Give me the year, model, and engine size (liters) and I can look it up. > > ??? I’ve seen oil filters in many different places. There is no “normal” location. But again, I can look it up. 2009 Elantra. 2.0l Cheers. ETA: Sedan ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-cartridge-style-oil-filter-replacement/528712/4 "2010-02-12T17:04:23Z")
My #&_%$^@_ info system (which I pay good money for) doesn’t have an illustration or description of this. Typically it would be an aluminum (silvery) or black plastic cylinder with a hex at the end to use a wrench on. Check out the illustrations [here](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=cartridge+oil+filter&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=eYl1S4yHIsTlnAf5s_iyCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=6&ved=0CDYQsAQwBQ) and [here](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&um=1&sa=1&q=cartridge+oil+filter+housing&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0) to get an idea of what it will look like. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-cartridge-style-oil-filter-replacement/528712/5 "2010-02-12T17:20:33Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > My #&_%$^@_ info system (which I pay good money for) doesn’t have an illustration or description of this. Typically it would be an aluminum (silvery) or black plastic cylinder with a hex at the end to use a wrench on. > > Check out the illustrations [here](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=cartridge+oil+filter&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=eYl1S4yHIsTlnAf5s_iyCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=6&ved=0CDYQsAQwBQ) and [here](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&um=1&sa=1&q=cartridge+oil+filter+housing&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0) to get an idea of what it will look like. Thanks Gary.