[ordy]

Hi



Hope you can advise, just taken out my 968CS for a quick blast today, and horror, oil leaking on on right hand side, ripped covers off. i mean ripped, all the screws had rusted away, i hate the UK for salting roads.



One of the pipes is leaking on the metal solder to the oil cooler, any tips on replacement as i have to do it on the floor or axle stands, and it looks like they disappear in to the engine bay.



Does anyone know if they detach from the cooler ok, they are held on by two allen bolts?



Thanks



Ordy

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[flash]

they do disconnect. there is an o-ring in there that is likely the culprit.

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[ordy]

Hi Flash



No the metal pipe has corroded away, small pin hole, does anyone know what you have to remove to replace the pipes, they look v expensive .

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[flash]

by metal pipe, i assume you mean the last couple of inches of the oil line.



just replace the line. they aren't that bad. i think the last one was about $150

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[MB968]

If there is any question about the connection to the oil cooler, it comes out with just a few bolts. As I recall, the air duct that goes to it stays on the oil cooler, that is, you can pull the cooler and only take the duct off once you get it all out.

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[ordy]

Thanks for the info, can you do it without removing the bumper cover, by just dropping the lower bumper skirt off?



Thanks

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[mbardeen]

Yes. The oil cooler is very accessible from underneath once you remove the lower bumper skirt. Here's me replacing the shroud on mine. I replaced the rubber o-rings at the same time.

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[ordy]

Thanks for the picture. mine looks slightly more correded than that, i wish i lived in chile, no salt on roads in winter.

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[Cloud9...68]

[quote name='MB968' timestamp='1349747465' post='133544']

If there is any question about the connection to the oil cooler, it comes out with just a few bolts. As I recall, the air duct that goes to it stays on the oil cooler, that is, you can pull the cooler and only take the duct off once you get it all out.

[/quote]

Yes, the duct it attached to the cooler with two screws, one on top, and one on the bottom, plus a few clips. Comes off very easily once you have the cooler out.



The oil lines are held the the engine (the oil filter stand, actually) with a single M8 hex bolt. Be very careful removing the bolt - make sure your hex socket is perfectly seated on the bolt head before you turn it. I managed to strip mine, and had to use a cold chisel to get it to turn so I could remove it.

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[Lear35A]

[quote name='Cloud9...68' timestamp='1350082556' post='133760']

Yes, the duct it attached to the cooler with two screws, one on top, and one on the bottom, plus a few clips. Comes off very easily once you have the cooler out.



The oil lines are held the the engine (the oil filter stand, actually) with a single M8 hex bolt. Be very careful removing the bolt - make sure your hex socket is perfectly seated on the bolt head before you turn it. I managed to strip mine, and had to use a cold chisel to get it to turn so I could remove it.[/quote]

And metric cold chisels are so difficult to find.

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[tamathumper]

You really only need the 10 and 13mm ones. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[Cloud9...68]

[quote name='tamathumper' timestamp='1350153142' post='133791']

You really only need the 10 and 13mm ones. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

[/quote]

lol -so true



And I need to clarify - that bolt holding the oil lines to the oil filter stand is an allen head bolt, not a hex bolt. There isn't enough space for a hex head. I had to use a chisel to drive a groove into the round head of the bolt, which then allowed me to turn it.

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