Oil cooler adapter alternatives

[Pender1]

I have a factory oil cooler on my '86 K5. The problem I have is the adapter is so tall that the oil filter is touching my header. Is there an aftermarket adapter that I can put in place that is shorter? The stock one is a solid 3-4" tall. Otherwise I'm just going to pull it off and put on a regular bypass adapter.

 

[Rusty Nail]

The oil filter is too big? If I'm not mistaken a 305 oil filter is the right fit. This is a common thing, I have the same issue in my SS and that was my solution. I wouldn't rid myself of an oil cooler for anybody!

 

[Rusty Nail]

As a matter of fact, if you take yours off, can I have it?

DIBS!

 

[Pender1]

As a matter of fact, if you take yours off, can I have it?

DIBS!

If it comes off and is in decent shape, it's getting sold. I'll let you know if that's where I end up.

 

[Rusty Nail]

The shorter small block filter is the fix you're after...
But OK!

 

[Pender1]

The shorter small block filter is the fix you're after...
But OK!

I did look into that, but it already had the shorter filter on it and I still couldn't get the filter off. For now I put on a standard filter adapter and pulled the oil cooler lines. I left everything so that I can put it all back on in the matter of a few minutes. It may just be the headers that I have (don't know what they are, they came on the blazer) run a little different than normal.

 

[Rusty Nail]

Oh.
Dude why is there no pics?

This sounds like REALLY bad news.

 

[Pender1]

Oh.
Dude why is there no pics?

This sounds like REALLY bad news.

I've been so busy taking pictures of my engine bay during the head gasket process that I didn't take any of this issue before I tore everything down. I'll take some follow up pics and measurements sometime over thanksgiving. I put the new adapter and the header back on last night.