Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:51:48 -0400 From: "hippo" <johnhnospamam.shoal.net.au> Subject: Re: nospam$# oil cooler!
gw wrote: >More a rant than anything else - >Who's the brain surgeon who came up with the idea of putting the oil >cooler >between cylinder banks on the V6?? First, it's oil-to-water, so the first indication of a leak is a Super-size milkshake in the coolant recovery >tank. >Next, the upper, middle, and lower intakes need to be removed - only about >100 bolts and 4 gaskets to remove and replace. >The cooler is a little radiator about 3" x 7" and costs $455.00 US ?! You >also need to spring for a 32mm socket to get the damn thing out. Try >finding >one of those on a Sunday. On top of everything else, the last idiot who >did >the job torqued everything to about 150 ft/lbs. Spec is 22. >So, it's in. And it leaks. It no longer passes oil into the coolant, it >leaks it directly to the outside of the engine. I'm guessing the previous >idiot deformed the banjo fittings with the high torque, and I'm not >getting >a good seal with it only torqued to spec. I'll need to get all those >gaskets >again and tear it down to the heads.... >Arghhhhhhhh. But apart from that, was it a good day? Cheers
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