Quote Originally Posted by Terracoma
The new 5.7L engine uses some kind of replaceable-element filter instead of the typical spin-on filter... Very different than the others.
You take off the filter on those 5.7s and there's a paper/whatever-element inside it. Toss it, and replace with another element, then screw back in. I think the filter housing itself is plastic and cracks somewhat easy if you tighten it down too much.