converting oil fliter housing on 98 1500

[way2nutz4me]

i have a 98 chevy 1500 and I am replacing the engine with another 5.7 but it is from a 96 or 97. the issue I am having is the new motor has a horizontal oil filter but the current set up is vertical. is there an adaptor to convert it to the vertical? any help would be great , thanks.

 

[magimerlin]

i have a 98 chevy 1500 and I am replacing the engine with another 5.7 but it is from a 96 or 97. the issue I am having is the new motor has a horizontal oil filter but the current set up is vertical. is there an adaptor to convert it to the vertical? any help would be great , thanks.

Yes there is... I've posted it in just about every "my oil cooler lines leak" thread. I can not remember the part number at the moment though. Mfa350 rings a bell though. Or just take off the one from the 98. They are just held on by a couple bolts.

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[way2nutz4me]

Yes there is... I've posted it in just about every "my oil cooler lines leak" thread. I can not remember the part number at the moment though. Mfa350 rings a bell though. Or just take off the one from the 98. They are just held on by a couple bolts.

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Thanks, that was my plan just haven't had time to look and see if the bolts line up. do you know if there is a way to plug the extra oil lines?

 

[magimerlin]

Thanks, that was my plan just haven't had time to look and see if the bolts line up. do you know if there is a way to plug the extra oil lines?

Your old one has an oil cooler then I guess? Yes you can take out the quick disconnect and replace them with pipe plugs... but your better of taking the whole adapter off and replacing it with the mfa350 I mentioned earlier. Check out the thread title search I mentioned and you'll find out the filter it takes. Don't worry, it's another Chevy application filter....

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