Oil Filter Adapter/Cooler

Mystic1688 · Oct 23, 2014

ok guys my oil filter adapter/cooler is leaking, anyone have any links or a good write up of disassembly/reassembly cannot find anything really excepts its a PITA and kinda straight forward!. Thanks in advance 96 Cobra 5-speed.

D3VST8R96GT · Oct 23, 2014

Where is it leaking from? The cooler to block?

D3VST8R96GT · Oct 23, 2014

D3VST8R96GT · Oct 23, 2014

I wracked it with a rubber mallet.... not so easy when inside the car.... after that there are only 3 bolts that hold the mount to the block and that gasket fails and leaks so replace it while everything is out....

96blak54 · Oct 23, 2014

Youre better off junking it and replacing to the non cooler type. Be sure to get one from a mustang if you decide to switch it.

Mystic1688 · Oct 23, 2014

It's a pouring at a steady pace it make's me think its from the weep hole but im also getting a slow drip of coolant. Ill be checking into it first thing tomorrow.

D3VST8R96GT · Oct 23, 2014

The housings do crack.... but that gasket crackers too...

OnyxCobra · Oct 24, 2014

I have a 5.0 but i ditched my oil cooler and just bypassed it with coolant hoses, don't regret it at all.

D3VST8R96GT · Oct 24, 2014

12mm allen key BTW.... forgot to say that and my pic is blurry...

Mystic1688 · Oct 25, 2014

Alright thanks for the picks and info guys! hopefully itll be fixed by tomorrow!

Mystic1688 · Oct 25, 2014

Alright thanks for the pics and info guys hopefully itll be fixed tomorrow!

Mystic1688 · Oct 27, 2014

What year's are interchangeable? i just found out its trashed and needs a whole new unit id rather just do the swap. Anything to it drawbacks?

D3VST8R96GT · Oct 27, 2014

Do you want the one in the pictures I took?

D3VST8R96GT · Oct 27, 2014

Its cobra specific. I think I have an 01 cobra one as well....

slow90coupe · Oct 27, 2014

You're going to hate life when you try to get one of the bolts out of that oil cooler. That one bolt took me a few hours to get out, and that was with a tubular k member.

Mystic1688 · Oct 28, 2014

Are you selling yours? I might want it! I was given a 03 mach 1 oil filter adapter just have to wait till it gets here i was told it will fit with no issues but looks like it may hit the headers.

I just drained the coolant and removed the oil filter shaft and it was alot easier than i expected. Had too since i was doing the upper and lower intake gaskets.