Thread: Short Oil Filter Application

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Has that affected your love life much??????

I used to run the short Volvo filters on my 27 with no special adapter, it just screws onto the regular Ford adapter. I suspect it is because of what Mike said about being easier to turn on a sharp angle when installing and removing the filter, if the threaded part was shorter.
Don

Originally Posted by Mike P

Just a guess, but I suspect that the shorter nipple is required for clearance to actually get the filter in and out.

I ran into this on my Cadillac swap a while back. Once the filter is in there is adequate clearance, however to install and remove the filter I had to shorten the nipple just a bit (to clear the sway bar in my case).

Originally Posted by IC2

Why would you need this? Sounds like someone might be using that super short (Volvo maybe??) filter - I'm just using the tried and proven Motorcraft FL300 with a 'standard' nipple:



EDIT - just looked - that WIX 51335 is the super shorty

Dave, with this "super shorty" filter, which is a Lotus OEM as I understand, I have just enough room to the Vega steering box to change the filter without jacking up the engine. A normal "short" filter will not even come close to fitting - it's either the super shorty or a remote filter.
Mike/Don, I had not thought about clearance to get the filter out, and that makes good sense. As I said, the comment came from a Sunbeam Tiger discussion, and who knows what the interference issues are with the SBF in that confined space. I've been scratching my head why the nipple length would really matter, and I think you guys have hit the nail on the head! And once again, Pat has made me cringe just a bit just thinking about contacting a belt sander with sensitive parts....