Oil filter on 3.3, who's wrong here?

[Mississippi Stinger]

Go for my first oil change, stop by local Kia and grab a filter. They enter the vin and sell me one. Go to the oiler I've used for years. He shows me the filter on the car (put on by Ford dealership before I bought car) and new filter. Definite difference in the size of the center hole and he says it's the wrong one.
Call a different dealership in another time zone cos mines closed. He says it's the right filter, the one I bought. So, who's wrong? Did Ford just shove one on or what? I'm 1 of 2 Stingers this place services...Help!

 

[HDTurbo]

The hole in the fabric filter "opens up" when it is installed on the filter stem. So maybe that filter virginity and loss thereof is what you're observing.

 

[Mississippi Stinger]

Btw package says 26320 3LTA0

 

[HDTurbo]

My spare Kia Genuine Parts box says 26320 3LTA0. I suspect you might be OK.

 

[nhcowboy28]

filter virginity

Lol

 

[SafetyPilotCal]

Kia dealers were out-of-stock on the 3.3T oil filters for a very long time, I suspect they probably switched to or added a new manufacturer. I bought Wix in the meantime.

 

[Mississippi Stinger]

Kia dealers were out-of-stock on the 3.3T oil filters for a very long time, I suspect they probably switched to or added a new manufacturer. I bought Wix in the meantime.

Dealer in Arizona said the same thing. Someone may have found 1 that kind of fit just to get by.

 

[Aarvix]

Since I drive 2500mi per month and change my own oil, I bought a dozen from Filter fleet.

They were way cheaper than the dealer or Amazon.

 

[Mississippi Stinger]

Solved. Just had to push it in.


(She said joke in 3...2...1...)

 

[Snowwhite]

It’s toight like a tiger.

 

[AYip31]

Rock auto has Wix filters in stock. Perfect fit

 

[cjbigcog]

For my recent oil change, Kia was out of stock. Went to Genesis dealer to get one. Same filter....cost $1.00 more.

 

[DiCenzo]

For my recent oil change, Kia was out of stock. Went to Genesis dealer to get one. Same filter....cost $1.00 more.

That’s funny. Where I am the filter from the Hyundai Genesis dealer is nearly half the price of the Kia dealer.