Make sure looking at the correct oil line leaving the block (remote oil adapter) Look at the diagram above. #5 hose #10/ 90 degree fitting is out

My hoses are routed exactly like this. My number 17 hose is my outlet and my number five hose is my return.

Something is incorrect then. If you have the same oil filter adapter #5 hose is the inlet of the filter. There is an arrow on the adapter. The arrow is facing towards the adapter and the other hose is the out. Follow #5 back and you will see it comes from the block remote adapter. The arrow on the oil filter is the flow so if you have it reversed you maybe not getting oil correctly

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The hose that goes from the block adapter see pic .it says (out) goes to oil filter in------- follow arrow then out of filter to cooler
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I just checked my hoses again. My oil flow path is correct as far as direction but it does go through the cooler before the filter. It must have been done this way from the factory because the hoses look to be original and my block exit hose is too short to move locations. My flow path: exits the block, enters cooler port side, exits cooler starboard, enters filter housing with arrow pointing towards center, returns to block adapter marked “in”.
The path works but it is filtering cooled oil.

I will be rerouting and installing new hoses when I reassemble. I plan to route to filter first and then cooler. Just makes more sense to me. I would think hot oil would flow better through the filter. New cams, lifters and springs were purchased today.

I would suggest replacing the oil cooler on the engine with the failed cam. There is no way of getting all of the fine metal particles out of it by cleaning.

I was afraid someone was going to mention that. Lol. It’s a brand new oil cooler with less than one hour run time on it. I feel like I have to at least try to clean it. I’m thinking about removing it and maybe trying to pump diesel fuel through the cooler oil passages under a small bit of pressure. Basically plumbing it to a transfer pump.

The worst that could happen is that you would have to pull the engine again, replace the bearings and polish the crank, probably replace some stuck lifters and so on. Makes an oil cooler look pretty inexpensive to me.

Bold move cotton
If you are going to reuse the cooler I would put it before the filter so all the junk gets trapped, don't forget to buy a filter without a bypass. Call the manufacturer and see if they can re core it. In the words of my father " the cheap man pays the most".
Good luck