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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: JamieC2311 on 25 May 2025, 01:04:52
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Anyone changed the oil cooler pipes with engine & gearbox in situ?
Fitted new oil cooler to my car but when removing the oil pipes the union had seized to the pipe and, was using a crows foot & ended up ringing the nut so resorted to cutting the pipe.
Trying to get the new ones wiggled through but everything seems to be in the way, gearbox, steering arms, chassis legs etc.
Working off a set of ramps that lift the car about 12 inches if even that much & the car is lowered so don’t really want to be pulling exhausts etc off atm as theres not alot of room.
If anyone has done this please shed some light ;D
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First off, I have never done this, and my engine is a Y26SE.
But, at the moment both my heads are off so if it would help you I could try to take some pix of the pipework from block to oil cooler??
Just a thought. Let me know…
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First off, I have never done this, and my engine is a Y26SE.
But, at the moment both my heads are off so if it would help you I could try to take some pix of the pipework from block to oil cooler??
Just a thought. Let me know…
That could definitely help. I fear it's going to be a bugger of a job to route them through though, especially without kinkng them...
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Here's some pictures. Hope they help - it was difficult to get access to get enough detail, espeecially the last one.
You can see the clip on a few as a reference point.
If they are too small let me know.
Cheers.
(https://i.postimg.cc/ftxM2t8L/IMG-2927.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/XBL43MS6/IMG-2928.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4Hssrf01/IMG-2929.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4ngcJzkW/IMG-2932.jpg)
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Cheers got sorted in the end, had to drop the down pipe off the exhsust manifold & that let me manoeuvre the pipes in. Starting to realise a lot of jobs on these is a pita!
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Oh, excellent work. Glad you found a solution!