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| | | | Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 | I am preparing to install the accessory oil filter on my 3100 216 cu engine. Which hole in the engine block does the inlet hose connect to? The one closest to the exhaust pipe or the one closest to the flywheel? Thanks for your help. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,802 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,802 | The hose that goes to the side of the canister attaches to the port closest to the flywheel which is also where the oil pressure line attaches. Use a 1/8" NPT "Street Tee" to make a clean-looking installation for both lines. The drain hose from the bottom goes to the forward port down near the oil pan rail. The oil will flow either way, but that's the usual way to connect the lines. It's sometimes a good idea to extend the block ports with pipe nipples to keep the rubber lines away from the exhaust pipe. A burned or damaged flex line will empty the crankcase before you know something is wrong.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 | | | | | | Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 | One more question Mr. Licoln. When you say 'forward port' do you mean the engine block hole on the radiator side of the exhaust pipe or the cab side? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,802 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,802 | It's the port just below the oil distributor cover. Once the oil leaves the filter on a 216 it joins the flow to the rocker arms through the water jacket. On a full pressure 235, it dumps back into the oil pan.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 | Hotrod, another question on the input line. On my 216 I have an engine port immediately in front of the flywheel and one just behind the exhaust pipe. Which one is the correct port? The pictures posted by cmayna above show the input line connected to the port just behind the exhaust. From your previous post you said the port right in front of the flywheel. Just trying to be sure i connect to the correct port. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,802 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,802 | I said "close to the flywheel", I believe. One of those holes is not an oil port- - - -it's a coolant drain. It's lower and further back than the oil port, which goes into a raised ridge that runs the full length of the block. The coolant drain has a 1/4" pipe thread, while the oil pressure port is 1/8" NPT. If your oil filter gets full of coolant, which then gets dumped into the crankcase, you picked wrong! Applying just a smidgen of common sense is usually a good thing in these situations!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,839 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,839 | Tim,
Nice pic that says it all.
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 182 | Thanks everyone for your help. I got it now. | | |
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