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My old l26 block was just a hole in the side which you screwed your filter into. The l28 block I have has that arrangement that you have in your photo. You need to bolt on the oil filter mount. Its usually a rightangled piece that the filter screws onto.

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I think zcarparts.com sells a oil cooler for the non turboed versons of the engine.

http://www.zcarparts.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=PCLC03

Its basically the same but the piece that goes to the cooler is just sandwiched between the block and the filter and doesn't require the right angle piece. I'm pretty sure you could use it on the turboed blocks (f54 block). Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong.

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The one in my pic above is the same. . . you dont necessarily need he mount that fits to the block, there's a threaded tube in the middle that either screws into the mount, or if you dont have the mount, directly to the block.

 

I run (external to this setup) an oil thermostat, but You can get. . and I am going to get one shortly, the same sandwiched block with an inbuilt thermostat. One of my oil hoses blew off my external thermostat and drained my 7 litre sump in seconds, luckily I shut my engine down before any damage occurred, but Ive learned my lesson. . .no more barbed fittings and hose clamps, Im going to get screw in fittings on stainless lines.

 

cheers zbuild

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Yes. . you can use a sandwich plate like the one above between your block and your oil filter.. hoses run from this sandwich block to your oil cooler. These blocks are just used as a take-off point for oil, you can then do what you want with the oil. Hope this clears up the misunderstanding - cheers zbuild

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