pain in the arse...changed my oil cooler seals, while engine in the car...how tight? |
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pain in the arse...changed my oil cooler seals, while engine in the car...how tight? |
jim912928 |
Jun 13 2005, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,485 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Granger, IN Member No.: 1,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Well, this was a pain in the arse. I started at 4pm hoping it would take about 2 hours...finished at 10pm (ok, 1 trip to the hardware store for some washers....ate dinner). Using the open end wrench to put the top seal on was easy...but the angle didn't work for the bottom..that one took about 30 minutes to get in there and finally used a hack saw blade with grease. And getting to that blind nut...what a pain!
Anyhow..it's all back together and I couldn't find any info on tightening specs in the factory manuals...so the blind nut (I assume this is just to keep the cooler stationary) I tightened up tight using a tiny wratchet...and the two nuts over the seals i tightened with a small wrench just till I felt hard resistence using one finger to push the wrench up with. Was that good enough? Hopefully I leak less now. The new seals didn't look exactly like the old ones. The ones in there seemed to have a larger edge on one side versus the other. The new ones looked the same on both sides. Anyhow...how tight should those seal nuts be? |
jim912928 |
Jun 15 2005, 07:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,485 Joined: 8-January 04 From: Granger, IN Member No.: 1,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Update....not "spraying oil like before"..literally my heat exchangers were covered with oil...and that stinks! I am still getting a few drips from somewhere in the same vicinity. Oil filter has some drops dripping from it so It's coming from above. From the top of the engine lid I can see the oil pressure sensor and I don't see fresh oil around it. Anything else in that vicinity? I also can see two "wet" oil marks on my engine support bar just in front of the cooler. So, it's definitely coming from the front passenger side somewhere.
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