Changing an oil cooler pipe... how easy is it?

[interloper393]

how much was the pipe then lol

[Jim_rx7]

£30 .... lol.

A vendor suggested that these can be about £400 new!!!?

Fair enough, I bought second hand, but at the same time I asked about and this isn\'t a common part to fail. Think I was just unlucky tbh.

[Jim_rx7]

Ok... havnig some issues with this one!... lol

Here are my new pipes...



They are 100million times better than my old ones, so I thought I might as well just replace them all.

I\'ve removed my IC and battery/battery tray.

I\'m trying to remove the shorter pipe from the left hand side of the car (if facing it) first. I\'ve removed the clip that goes around it, but now I can\'t figure out what I\'m supposed to do!!

I\'ve pulled the pipe, tried to prise it with a screw driver... nope.

There are what looks like bolts or something?? Am I supposed to do anything with these? I\'M CONFUSED?!?!?!?!



Above is the pipe. If you look at the new ones, it\'s the shorter one coming from the left. (so you get an idea of what\'s going on).

Please?!!?!!.... what do I do now??

[Jim_rx7]

The pipe should just pull off

Actually I didn\'t try just pulling it!.. lol.

Will pull it tomorrow and see if it comes free.


PS : I got a complete set of pipes for £30 posted in mint condition!

[Jim_rx7]

I\'ve finaly managed to get the 2 pipes off both the oil coolers. It wasn\'t easy as two were seized on!!

All I\'ve got to do now is remove the piping from the hoses that come from the engine.

The two pipes, which connect to these two pipes....




The only thing is, these don\'t look in very good condition and most likely are gonna be stuck like some of the other ones were.

Here\'s one of them here....



I\'ve sprayed them in penetrating oil (can\'t find my Wd40). But does anyone have any other advice on how to get them apart if this doesn\'t work?

(I\'m gonna spray them again tomorrow and then attempt it Wednesday afternoon.)

[Jim_rx7]

Well I finally got the old pipes off (what a job!!!), and the new pipes on. Again, what a bluddy job!! There\'s no easy way to do it apart form putting the pipes in at one side and trying to feed them through to the other.

Hopefully they\'re all connected up tight enough!! Only time will tell.

I\'ve never had so many bits of rust etc fall into my eyes in my life!! ... lol. Oh... and coolant when I decided to move a radiator hose! ... lol.

[Jim_rx7]

I\'m sitting here thinking that some of the pipes might not be engages properly.

Is there anything I can do to make sure they are? I don\'t want to fill with oil, then find that a pipe leaks everywhere!! ARGH!

You can only push and wiggle so much. Is there anything you can do to help them engage? I noticed one of the connectors was full of crap that I scraped out etc, which helped. But I\'m still not convinced that they\'re engaged properly!

Is it a two man job? One person push the oil coolers towards the pipe, and the other wiggle the pipe slightly while trying to push it into place?

[mazda bait]

Definitely easier with two i should imagine.  I had one that hadn\'t engaged properly but you soon spot it when you start it up....:Laugh

[Jim_rx7]

Anyone fancy giving me a hand to force them in? ....

[mazda bait]

I did find that you can be fairly heavy handed with them.  When you engage them and drop the clip in give it a real tug and push and just check the clips not trying to pop out.  I\'m afraid that\'s all the advice i can give you really, until you get pressure in the line you\'ll never know!  Just be prepared to turn it off at a moments notice!!

[Jim_rx7]

Yeah... not looking forward to oil ****ing out everywhere!

[mazda bait]

lol, i can assure you it goes with a bang when it goes.  I started my engine up and was peering underneath thinking what a pig of a job that.... BANG "F$%K"

Best of luck to you anyway!

[Jim_rx7]

Bang??.... why the Bang? ..... now I\'m scared! lol.

[mazda bait]

Well maybe more of a loud pop as the pipe came off and sent the clip flying!  But obviously the pipe was under pressure and oil went absolutely everywhere!!!  Not to scare you at all.....

[Jim_rx7]

oh bugger!... I can see it flying off... oil going everywhere... and me losing the clip!!... lol.