So I've heard the oil filter housing is on the top in earlier models under the engine cover and just figured it would be there on my vehicle as well. After looking for like 10 minutes I could not find the oil filter housing. Went to the webs to try and find any information on where this filter housing would be and could not find anything. Spent another 5 minutes looking again thinking maybe it was under something like the air intake.
Finally jacked up the car to see if it was under the engine. Wow to my surprise it actually was. It was on the passenger side in front of the drive axel (under a panel). So if you own the 2017 Kia Cadenza 3.3L engine the oil filter housing is under the engine and not on the top. I'll post some pictures.
So I found this panel that had "Eng Oil" printed on it. There were 6 screws I had to take off, then I had access to the oil drain plug and the oil filter housing. The oil filter housing has a small notch where oil can drain out from when you slightly unscrew the housing cap. So you can start draining the oil from the oil pan, then unscrew the filter cap about half way and let that drain. There both in close proximity to each other, so you should be able to have them both draining into the same oil catch container.
The oil filter housing has a downward slope to it, so when you finally remove the cap and oil filter make sure to have the oil catch container near by as you will need to flip the cap over and allow the excess oil to drain. Then pull out old filter (need some muscle as it's snug), replace o-ring and then insert new filter. Lubricate o-ring with some new oil and then screw the cap and new filter back into the filter housing. Clean area around oil pan drain, using new washer re-insert the oil pan plug. The o-ring and washer came with the filter I bought. The filter I'm using is Fram CH11934 and the oil is SuperTech Full Synthetic 5W-30.
Finally got around to making a video, .
Finally jacked up the car to see if it was under the engine. Wow to my surprise it actually was. It was on the passenger side in front of the drive axel (under a panel). So if you own the 2017 Kia Cadenza 3.3L engine the oil filter housing is under the engine and not on the top. I'll post some pictures.
So I found this panel that had "Eng Oil" printed on it. There were 6 screws I had to take off, then I had access to the oil drain plug and the oil filter housing. The oil filter housing has a small notch where oil can drain out from when you slightly unscrew the housing cap. So you can start draining the oil from the oil pan, then unscrew the filter cap about half way and let that drain. There both in close proximity to each other, so you should be able to have them both draining into the same oil catch container.
The oil filter housing has a downward slope to it, so when you finally remove the cap and oil filter make sure to have the oil catch container near by as you will need to flip the cap over and allow the excess oil to drain. Then pull out old filter (need some muscle as it's snug), replace o-ring and then insert new filter. Lubricate o-ring with some new oil and then screw the cap and new filter back into the filter housing. Clean area around oil pan drain, using new washer re-insert the oil pan plug. The o-ring and washer came with the filter I bought. The filter I'm using is Fram CH11934 and the oil is SuperTech Full Synthetic 5W-30.
Finally got around to making a video, .