2.0 Engine Skid Plates

[Odyssey USA]

I dont think it sticks out enough to be smashed. Plus if you end up bending the skid that badly itd have to be a catastrophic hit, and youll smash other things including the oil pan. There is also a big hole on the skid where the valvemax is located. I honestly dont think this is likely. But I dont know how close to the skid it is on the 2.0. It is pretty far on the 3.6

Maybe so. I’m thinking it would get pushed up, ripping out the bottom of where the threaded portion is rather than stopping at the spread out hit the pan took. Maybe I’m having trouble explaining what I’m visualizing. I just don’t want to get a skid and then introduce another potential problem.

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[entropy]

Maybe so. I’m thinking it would get pushed up, ripping out the bottom of where the threaded portion is rather than stopping at the spread out hit the pan took. Maybe I’m having trouble explaining what I’m visualizing. I just don’t want to get a pan and then introduce another potential problem.

I just got under my Jeep and took a look at it. Theres no way that can happen, there are other things the plate would hit way before that happens. But I have the 3.6 so I dont know how the 2.0 would be. The asfir 3.6 also uses the cross member as a support which is a good and a bad thing.

if it did get pushed up far enough it would hit the oil pan before it hits that piece. The valve doesnt come straight down perpendicular to the ground, it is a little high and at an angle.

Anyway. you can always use a narrow funnel , strap it somehow to the underbody of the jeep when doing the oil change so you dont have to hold it.

 

[micahpop]

For guys with the Asfir skid plate, is there a way of removing the oil filter without getting oil everywhere? I don't really see how you could do it and I didn't think I could do it so ended up just removing the skid plate for the oil change.

 

[Odyssey USA]

For guys with the Asfir skid plate, is there a way of removing the oil filter without getting oil everywhere? I don't really see how you could do it and I didn't think I could do it so ended up just removing the skid plate for the oil change.

I’ve always had to clean up at least a little…if I’m fast enough.

 

[oceanblue2019]

Valvomax oil drain system. I installed it on my last oil change right before installing the Asfir skid. It comes with a little drain tube you plug on their drain bolt, so oil flows through a tube and you can direct it wherever you want. It was cheap too, like $40 maybe?

Havent tried it yet but hope it works!

I use a Femco valve with the ASFIR - makes it easy to not make a mess. Take off Femco cover, put Femco mating connector tube end in an old oil jug, reach up and pop on Femco mating connector and voila!! Zero fuss and zero mess.

But the filter swap with the ASFIR is a nightmare as you can not not get oil on the back of your skid that then drips off at the end of the skid making a mess.

 

[Dyolfknip74]

I use a Femco valve with the ASFIR - makes it easy to not make a mess. Take off Femco cover, put Femco mating connector tube end in an old oil jug, reach up and pop on Femco mating connector and voila!! Zero fuss and zero mess.

But the filter swap with the ASFIR is a nightmare as you can not not get oil on the back of your skid that then drips off at the end of the skid making a mess.

Just about to install skids with Valvomax (same as Femco). Are you able to loosen filter, then cover with a ziploc and fully remove filter, catching old oil in ziploc?

 

[oceanblue2019]

Just about to install skids with Valvomax (same as Femco). Are you able to loosen filter, then cover with a ziploc and fully remove filter, catching old oil in ziploc?

This is what I do but always a bit of oil makes it past the ziplock bag, down the side of the block and into the ASFIR skid.

I'm going to try the trick of puncturing oil filter with ziplock over it to drain it then remove next oil change.

 

[grs]

Does anyone know how are these engine skid plates tested? What impact they can sustain? If I put a jack under the engine skid, can I lift the jeep that way? IMHO that would happen when I get on a rock. I am asking because it is hard to attach front part of engine skid and manufacturers have different solutions. Are the stock engine mounts for 2.0 and 3.6 same? The 2.0 aluminum engine is much lighter and the mount could be weaker from factory. I have Rusty's 2.0 skid and I am thinking to switch to aluminum just for the pain of removing it when I need to.
I would appreciate if there is a vendor publication on how they tested engine skids for impact.

 

[AnnDee4444]

Does anyone know how are these engine skid plates tested? What impact they can sustain? If I put a jack under the engine skid, can I lift the jeep that way? IMHO that would happen when I get on a rock. I am asking because it is hard to attach front part of engine skid and manufacturers have different solutions. Are the stock engine mounts for 2.0 and 3.6 same? The 2.0 aluminum engine is much lighter and the mount could be weaker from factory. I have Rusty's 2.0 skid and I am thinking to switch to aluminum just for the pain of removing it when I need to.
I would appreciate if there is a vendor publication on how they tested engine skids for impact.

2.0 & 3.6 skids are different, and the 2.0 isn't much lighter than the 3.6.

 

[GoatHerder]

Special thanks to all who contributed to this thread. I have spent an enjoyable couple hours reading and sitting in front of my Jeep and under my Jeep pondering my skid plate path forward. Beautiful day today.

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