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DESCRIPTION & OPERATION
OIL COOLER AND FILTER MOUNTING
BRACKET
Early-production E-Tech™ engines retained the
same removable bundle-type oil cooler and filter
arrangement as the E7. Current-production
engines, however, have a plate-type oil cooler
and a redesigned oil filter mounting arrangement.
The arrangement includes a new centrifugal oil
filter assembly, called Centri-Max
®
PLUS, that is
inverted and mounted on top of the bracket. Also,
with this arrangement, the external oil drain is
eliminated.
On current-production engines, the main member
to which the oil cooler and oil filters are mounted
is a new one-piece aluminum casting which bolts
to the four-bolt pad on the cylinder block. An oil
drain passage within the casting allows the oil
from the Centri-Max
®
PLUS filter to drain back to
the crankcase.
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Figure 56 — Oil Cooler/Filter Mounting Bracket
1. Oil Cooler
2. Centri-Max
®
PLUS Oil
Filter
3. Oil Filter Mounting
Bracket
4. Spin-On, Full-Flow Oil
Filters
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