When did Chevy start using spin on oil filters?

I got a SBC block, 283, 3849852, with a canister style oil filter and a clutch pivot forward of the oil filter... it has the side motor mounts so it's at least '58 or later. When did Chevy go to the spin on oil filters?

 

1968

 

Jeeesh!!! Everyone knows that!

 

My 66 chevy ll had a spin on. 327 4 speed I purchased it from a friend who purchased it new. we were amazed when we changed the oil the first time and the filter was spin on type. We had putchased a cartage type. This car had a front sump oil pan a very small iol pump and the Z bar was in a odd location on the block. best I recal the last 3 digits of the cast were 062

 

FWIW, my '59 Pontiac had a cannister filter, my '60 a spin-on. The adapter for the spin-on bolts right up to the older motors.

 

It's not uncommon for earlier motors to have aftermarket adapters allowing for sipn on filters. Millions were probably sold.

 

Novas used a spin on with all factory V8 engines starting in 65

 

They got spin on filters ??? >>>>.

 

I think they started using spin on filters when the stopped using canister type.Just kidding .I think it was about 68 ...

 

From '64 - '67 the Nova/Chevy II V-8's used a slightly different block, it had the clutch pivot boss relocated and the filter boss was raised in the block something like -1/2" due to the tight quarters in the Nova subframe to allow clearance for clutch linkage. No room for the standard canister, I had 2 66's Nova engines, a 283 2 Bbl. and a 327/350HP L-79 and they both came with spin on filters. But as a rule '68 was the year it became standard across the board on Chevies.

 

my 67 camaro has a canister,,,

ask me about removing the old o-ring in the block..or better yet,,ask me about NOT removing the old o-ring that sits up in the block,,,, haha,,finally figured out why it was leaking after the oil change!

 

a joke lol >>>>.

 

here is a photo of a early ( 64 to 67 ) V8 Nova block. See how the filter is recessed up

 

The engine number that you gave was a 64 to 67 chevelle 283,so it
probably has an adaptor in it.my 64 283 has an adaptor that fits a ford
spin on,so you will need to be sure what threads you have.

 

I have a Chevy II block also (recessed spin on filter), no clutch pivot on it. I thought the one I was asking about was from an older car.

 

Heavy duty applications, trucks and police cars and such, continued to use the cannister type for some years after 1969 (using a bolt-on adaptor replacing the usual part) because it had finer media and more total flow capacity from its larger size...the passenger car size spin-on apparently bypasses a lot of oil in normal use.

 

I had an old 1965 283 that had a spin on

 

Lets revive this ancient thread with a (probably) dumb question....i have a '67 327 with canister style oil filter opening (canister missing) and a '67 283 with spin on style filter ...are the castings different or is there a way to take the parts off the 283 to adapt the 327 to spin on? The aftermarket adaptors arent available in local parts stores and online the prices have really gone up...

 

1964

 

You have to buy the Spin on adapter kit. Note that some come with the bypass valve in them and some don't and with the ones that don't you have to use your original bypass valve behind the adapter. I've pulled more than one adapter off an engine over the years that didn't have the bypass valve behind it and the adapter was cracked and the filter hadn't been filtering any oil.

Two examples here.

 

Old thread,but my 67 Camaro had a cannister filter and my sisters 68 was a spin on.

 

OK thanks I couldn't readily see a way to remove the parts from the 283....I don't know if the bypass valve is there but the canister itself is missing and I've looked all over for one...so I have to swap to spin on but still possibly find a bypass valve?...what do they look like? up inside where the canister goes just looks like a big crater

 

Both of my 64 Pontiacs had screw on filters..

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if you could take a picture of what you have on the engine, then we might be able to help you figure it out. The blocks are different, things changed around 67/68, and without looking at pictures of yours, we can only guess what you are seeing.

If you dont see two bolt heads after removing the filter, then something is wonky...

 

The one I have is different from the other canister types I've seen...

Using this old AV adapter...


Point is, if you remove the spin on adapter, there's another adapter which has the valve in it - no bolts

 

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Guess that means if you post a picture of your engine and it has a spin on oil filter, you have to post it in Off Topic.

 

Yeah just a cavern... whatever those 2 bolt holes held on is missing and the 283 parts aren't held on by 2 bolts so I'm guessing they can't be swapped onto the 327...funny because they're both '67 blocks

 

Gotcha....guess that's what I'm missing thus the 2 bolt holes - thanks

 

This block is "modern", it takes a spin on filter. It is missing the bypass valve, which has the threaded fitting, and the filter screws on to.



get one of these



bolt it to the block, and put on a normal 1968-85 spin on filter

The other adapter, remove the nut, unscrew the flange, then you'll find the bolts. Take a picture of that block, too, without the parts on it.

 

Awesome...maybe I'm in luck?? the 283 is just a parts eng. /core so hopefully the factory stuff bolts on...rather use original parts than aftermarket anyway - thanks!