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Re: oil cooler
« Reply #15 on: 04 July 2007, 22:25:35 »
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Forte do a special coolant flush for aftermath of oil cooler failures, but firstly use a hose and flush the rad through, and the engine block through....

Expect to flush it through a few times though...
which reminds me, after my jaunt to Bournemouth and my weekend getting the vectra ready im back to the bloody oil cooler veccy radiator.....

starting to wonder what will be perfect first, your tractor or my veccy  :o :-/
Your veccy I suspect.


Actually, engine wise, the tractor seems to be pretty good now....
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Re: oil cooler
« Reply #16 on: 06 July 2007, 18:40:54 »
All back together, took a bit of time to get back oil pipe on, everything else was easy,
now the only thing is to flush cooling sys through, heater matrix took a while to clear so
out with the hose and has moved it all , just need to get some antifreeze, where is it best
to get if from and do an oil change. It started on the second turn and is running well,
lets hope there are no leaks anywhere?

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Re: oil cooler
« Reply #17 on: 06 July 2007, 19:17:18 »
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All back together, took a bit of time to get back oil pipe on, everything else was easy,
now the only thing is to flush cooling sys through, heater matrix took a while to clear so
out with the hose and has moved it all , just need to get some antifreeze, where is it best
to get if from and do an oil change. It started on the second turn and is running well,
lets hope there are no leaks anywhere?

I use Vauxhall Red antifreeze, and Vauxhall semi synth oil - dirt cheap from dealer if you have a Trade Club card.

You need to flush the coolant daily for a few days, then weekly, etc etc, that oil will keep coming out of coolant...
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Re: oil cooler
« Reply #18 on: 08 July 2007, 16:13:07 »
All done and running well again, still need to keep flushing there seem to be lot of sludge in the system,
going to get forte flush on monday, found out why coolant level kept coming on , the bit inside the
expansion was clogged up and kept sticking. one less warning to worry about.
Next job front shockers disc`s and pads nice and easy and then a tow bar.
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