Patent ID: 8720408

Claim:
An oil filtering and cooling system in combination with a vehicle engine having a mounting location for an oil cooler on the engine, the location having existing passageways for a coolant supply, oil to be filtered and clean oil supply, the system comprising: (a) an oil cooler block having a mounting plate having passageways compatible with the existing oil passageways in the engine and a seal aligning with the existing coolant supply passageway; (b) an oil filter block having a first inlet communicating with the oil to be filtered passageway of the oil cooler block and a first outlet communicating with the clean oil in passage in the oil cooler block; (c) the oil filter block having a receptacle for an oil filter and passageways for directing oil to the filter and a second outlet for filtered oil and a second inlet for return oil; (d) a thermostat having a body having a supply passageway communicating with the oil filter block second outlet and a return passageway communicating with the oil filter block second inlet, the thermostat having a thermostatic bypass element operatively connected between the supply and return passageways to bypass oil to the return when the oil temperature is below a preset temperature, the return passageway communicating with the oil filter block; and (e) a first air-to-liquid heat exchanger having an inlet connected to the supply passage of the thermostat and an outlet connected to the return passage of the thermostat, the heat exchanger being mounted in an airflow path in a vehicle.