Oil cooler gasket not fitting!

PointFive

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2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege
I'm trying to change out the oil cooler gasket on my MSP, but the new one I got from the dealer is too big! It doesn't fit at all! I even tried putting the old one back in, and it doesn't fit either! It's like the gasket for this thing was made wrong right from the beginning and they never tried to fix it. Has anybody else had this issue? Anybody know how to fix it?
 
I just figured out that the o-ring from my old Mobile 1 oil filter fits the oil cooler perfectly. Hopefully it holds up.
 
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