Spin-On Oil Filter Adapter

[carloshathcock]

Hey guys, I wanted to start this thread with detailed pictures, but unfortunately, I have a broken wrist so it was too difficult for me to do this. My cousin on the other hand is a kick ass mechanic and he specializes in anything Japanese, he's been in school a long time for this. He put the adapter himself but I saw him do it, and I remember everything perfectly, I did take a few pictures of the finished product, so here it is.

Before anything, run your car for 5 minutes, let all the oil warm up, so more can go to the bottom and sit at the pan once it shuts off, that's what he told me, then let it cool down.

1. Drain your oil, obviously.

2. disconnect the negative terminal from your battery, pump your brake a few times to remove any residual charge, this will completely shut off your computer.

3. Disconnect the oil pressure sensor that sits on the side of the cartridge holder, it should be in green color. be careful not to rough it up, it is pretty brittle, after you disconnect it, remove the bolt that holds the sensor, you should see a nice thread in there, make sure you clean the threads with a wire brush, then put new teflon tape back on.

4. You may choose to either removing the black plastic case on the bottom of the cartridge holder or just leaving it as it is, my cousin didn't remove it, he didn't see a need for it.

5. At the top of the cartridge holder there is a big ugly black block with a bunch of hoses attached to it. that is your oil cooler, at the top of the cooler there is a pretty big bolt, remove that, the bolt goes right through and attaches to the new spin on adapter.

6. Once you remove the bolt, move it to the side the best you can, this will allow you more clearance to remove the four smaller bolts that hold the cartridge holder (BE VERY CAREFUL, DO NOT REMOVE THEM WITH A HOT ENGINE, YOU WILL NEED THIS BOLTS TO SECURE YOUR NEW ADAPTER.

7. Once all 4 bolts are removed, wiggle it a little bit and the holder should come out nice and easily, remove the old gasket, clean the area with a clean dry cloth.

8. Use a tiny amount of clean oil, the one you will put in the engine, and put a very small film of it on the new gasket that comes with the adapter, this will ensure that there are no air pockets and will also ensure that the gasket doesn't move around while you torque the bolts back in.

9. Inspect your new adapter and make sure there is no dirt or loose stuff around or inside of it.

10. Put your 4 bolts back in, you may need to find out what torque you need to apply, my cousin did it, I forgot to ask him, but I trust him.

11. Put your cooling block on the top of you new shiny adapter, put the bolt back on top, you may need to move it a bit to get the bolt in place right.

12. Screw your oil pressure sensor back on.

13. Connect the Oil pressure sensor connector back on

14. Fill up your oil filer with oil.

15. Put your new filter on, in my case I got a K&N HP-2009, the guys at Protege Garage can send you a smaller K&N filter with your adapter for another 7 dollars, or an OEM mazda filter. I decided to go with the HP-2009 because is bigger, and is more filtering surface available, there is no clearance issues either, unless your car is an 8th inch off the ground.

16. Screw the oil drain plug back on.

17. Fill up your car with oil, with the bigger filter mine took a full 6 quarts.

18. Connect your battery terminal back on.

19. Start your car and do the whole shebang to get your windows working properly again.

20. TCS light will blink for a while, don't worry about it, your DSC will also stay on temporarily.

21. Drive your car with a big grin on your face and enjoy changing your oil from now on.

Pictures of my new system









SORRY, CATS CAME WITH THIS SET UP ONLY, IT WAS A LIMITED TIME OFFER, TOO BAD FOR ALL OF YOU.

This is the old cartridge system, is ugly as sin...






Hope you enjoy.

[Raider]

Thanks!

[dkapetansky]

Does the plastic underbelly tray fit back on after the filter conversion?

[Raider]

Yup!

[maz612]

Thanks for writing this up man...did this today and your instructions helped a lot!!!!!

[carloshathcock]

Originally Posted by maz612 Thanks for writing this up man...did this today and your instructions helped a lot!!!!!

I hardly get on this forum, my job is too demanding man, I wrote this for another forum before, so I decided to paste it here, the pictures are mine, so no need for permissions, hope your install went as smooth as possible.

CH

[json]

did i miss the part where you give the part number for the adapter?

also, why do we need to unplug and reset the computer?

[Reima]

Originally Posted by json did i miss the part where you give the part number for the adapter?

L31114311A

You can also check the Speed 3 thread about the conversion.

How to do a spin on and sandwich plate conversion

[json]

would this void any warranties?

also, i need a new oil filter drain plug but cant find anything online!! is that dealer only?

[Raider]

We have a dealer vendor that can sell the plug. Spin on will not void warranties, as it is a Mazda part.

[Alpha Wolf]

I just do not see the need for this mod..

The stock cover allows you to drain the oil in the filter before you remove it. Something you cannot do with a spin on.

[Reima]

Originally Posted by Alpha Wolf I just do not see the need for this mod..

People do it for two reasons:
1) It allows you to use a larger filter.
2) So that they can use the oil filter sandwich plate adapter linked below.

ProSport Oil Filter Adaptor Plate

RC

[Alpha Wolf]

While a large filter is okay. As long as you change oil on time I have had not issues with any stock sized filter on any car in over 35 years of driving. The Engineers are not just clowns who just guess about these things when they design these engines.

Now if you are driving in a very dirty environment it might help keep the crap out of your oil longer than the stocker.

Heck my Bug did not even have one and it went 100,000 on the original engine until I took it apart to build up a stroker engine that was highly modified, so I did add an external filter then.

I think most do it either because they are just used to spin on filters. Or because others are doing it.

Unless they are leaking or breaking or the bypass valve is opening meaning the filter is clogging or you have trouble getting the stock filters and you can get the spin ons I see this as a waste of cash.

Of course I change the oil religiously and I always also change the filter every time too. If you are one of those who likes to stretch it out between oil changes a larger filter will take longer to clog than a smaller one.

[Alpha Wolf]

It is bad that since our cars use smaller cheaper filter ie no metal case, that oil change places will hit you for $10 or more to punish you for not having a spin on as it takes them a bit longer to get off...

If you use those guys I can she another reason for the spin on conversion.

[beardog420]

Does anyone make this kit for the 2.5 engine as that site only shows the 2.3?

[taf0422]

My spin on stripped/wouldnt come off so I chucked that shit...

[midrange]

I tried calling around my local dealerships to get the parts to do this conversion and noone has a clue what i'm telling them I want to do. SO far I have been told they don't have a conversion kit for the 2.3. I know they are wrong and dumb as a post staring at a computer screen as I have seen it done.

Issue I am having is getting them to order the parts. That part number you gave us (L31114311A). The dealership is telling me that is for a 09-11 2.5 motor and will not work on my 2.3 motor.

I have been given US part numbers to do the entire conversion.
Filter adapter 3S7Z-6881-AA $33.04
Adapter gasket 1S7Z-6840-AA $5.29
Oil filter ACDelco PF53 $4.38

But the dealership is telling me they can't cross reference those part numbers to get the parts I need to order.

I'm stuck, any help would be appreciated.

[Raider]

Originally Posted by midrange I tried calling around my local dealerships to get the parts to do this conversion and noone has a clue what i'm telling them I want to do. SO far I have been told they don't have a conversion kit for the 2.3. I know they are wrong and dumb as a post staring at a computer screen as I have seen it done. Issue I am having is getting them to order the parts. That part number you gave us (L31114311A). The dealership is telling me that is for a 09-11 2.5 motor and will not work on my 2.3 motor. I have been given US part numbers to do the entire conversion. Filter adapter 3S7Z-6881-AA $33.04 Adapter gasket 1S7Z-6840-AA $5.29 Oil filter ACDelco PF53 $4.38 But the dealership is telling me they can't cross reference those part numbers to get the parts I need to order. I'm stuck, any help would be appreciated.

Edgeautosport sells it.

[midrange]

I got it all figured out and parts sitting on my tool box. I found out my issue. Those were Ford part numbers. Same thing, different number. lol