spacer for oil filters

[LRO]

Hi
Do i need high tensel bolts for the spacer or are the ones that
are recommended, which are not high tensel all righ use.

[THE 109]

I used some socket head cap screws for the top 2 bolts and some high tensile threaded rod for the bottom 2,just make sure you torque them up.

Eric

[LRO]

Hi
Do i need high tensel bolts for the spacer or are the ones that
are recommended, which are not high tensel all righ use.

[p38arover]

Don't post the same question in multiple areas.

Threads merged.

[LRO]

Hi
Thanks for that was not sure how to delete the other one.

[rijidij]

You can't (easily) find HT bolts off the shelf long enough to do two of the main housing bolts. I bought a length of M10 x 1.25 threaded HT rod and cut what I needed (take a credit card when you buy the HT rod)
I cut the two rods at 203mm and 175mm, allowing for a 50mm spacer block. The other two bolts were 80mm long. I used Loctite retaining compound on the rods where they screwed into the engine block.
The two bolts in the top spacer, at the oil cooler, were M8 x 1.25 x 100mm.

I'm not sure what thickness the factory spacer blocks are, but if I had my time again, I would make them 60mm instead of 50mm, so allow the length in the bolts and rods to suit your spacer block thickness.

And yes, the rod / bolts need to be high tensile.

Cheers, Murray

[LRO]

Hi
The factory one is 60ml. How tight did you do them up.

[Offender90]

Yup,

High tensile booker rods, sizes as per Murray's post. According to the manual, the M10's should be torqued up to 38.3 +/- 7.2 lb.ft. I did mine up to 45. No recommendation for the M8, but I only torqued up to 25 foot pounds as they screw into an alloy oil cooler housing. Both top and bottom nuts have spring washers.

My spacer is 60mm (sort of) - the housing I have is offset, so 60 mm bottom spacer and 56mm top spacer. Pics below:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Cheers

Bojan

[rar110]

How important is a spacer? It looks like the filter assembley is far enough from the front prop shaft.

[C H T]

How important is a spacer? It looks like the filter assembley is far enough from the front prop shaft.

RAR110

The spacer is essential - the prop shaft can hit the main filter on full suspension compression if the spacers are not fitted.

C H T

[SheldonA]

I had to make up a few of the top oil spacers, so I made a batch. 60mm thick out of Aluminium.

Have a couple left if anyone is looking....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[Bearman]

Put me down for one if there's any left thanks.

[c.h.i.e.f]

Whilst on topic is there any chance someone can post in detail about the hole that needs to be placed in the block along with a pic ?
:wasntme:

[Bush65]

Whilst on topic is there any chance someone can post in detail about the hole that needs to be placed in the block along with a pic ?
:wasntme:
You can get the idea from this pic. The flow through the bypass filter isn't high so the diameter of the drain hole isn't critical.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/05/413.jpg

[c.h.i.e.f]

Thanks John I had my suspicion it was there that the hole needed to go just by inspecting the filter housing but just need to make 100% sure before I go drill a hole in the block...I was thinking about a 12mm hole ??

[isuzurover]

I had to make up a few of the top oil spacers, so I made a batch. 60mm thick out of Aluminium.

Have a couple left if anyone is looking....

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa384/thegrubb1/Spacer2.jpg


Just a heads up. On Offender90's and my blocks we found that the top spacer needed to be ~4 mm thinner than the bottom spacer.

You can see in Bojan's pics that the bottom spacer is 5x12 mm steel = 60 mm. The top spacer is 4x12 mm, and an outermost platen which has been filed down from 12 mm to about 8 mm = ~56 mm.

It was lots of hard work on Bojan's part as we found out the hard way! I instead used 4x12 mm and made some extra plates out of thin aluminium to get to 56 mm.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6842/29052010107.jpg

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4712/29052010109.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9352/29052010110.jpg


If you have a truck block then this likely won't be the case.

[SheldonA]

Just a heads up. On Offender90's and my blocks we found that the top spacer needed to be ~4 mm thinner than the bottom spacer.

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If you have a truck block then this likely won't be the case.

Good info!

Given the truck engine I have here with the standard truck filter, if the bottom is spaced out 60mm then the top will be too on truck stuff.