Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:36:18 -0400 From: "gw" <no.spamnospam.com> Subject: Re: nospam$# oil cooler!
"hippo" <johnhnospamam.shoal.net.au> wrote in message news:4c4fc31852a66a54262d9cbb79bbc934nospamlhost.talkaboutautos.com... > 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 > Yeah, the "Check Wallet" light went out yesterday, so I guess I'll have a good weekend.