Remote oil filter flow (direction)

[Mike Bartlett]

Could use some clarification on the following.

1) With a remote oil filter should the oil flow from the block through the cooler then the filter and back to the block?
2)Does the oil flow into the center of the filter then back out through the outer edge of the filter or vice versa?
3)The two oil holes at the side of the block. Which one is supply and which one is return? Lower hole, meaning closest to the pan, upper hole meaning closest to the head.

Thank You,

Mike

[Barnsnake]

1) I would filter the oil before cooling it. It will flow through the filter media more efficiently.
2) The oil enters the filter through the outer holes and exits through the center hole.
3) See #2. The fitting at the center of the filter boss is where the oil returns to the block from the filter.

[Michael C Henry]

The warmer the oil the better it will flow though the filter, less oil will go over the bypass. The oil goes into the filter element on the outside and out the middle. If you look over old threads there is one in particular where this member went through several performance prepared engines because he had the filter plumbed in reverse and was fighting the system check valve. The one I'm waiting for is a dual filtert in parrallel but not in series . I'm satisfied with the cleanliness not the volume.