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[Nickffc]

just got the oil cooler off....cleaned off all the crap off the cover plate to find the cause of all my leaking water problems....!!! totally corroded though the ali plate at the area where the oil cooler pipes come through.....!!!

i'll post pictures later...

[Marks DTM Calib]

just got the oil cooler off....cleaned off all the crap off the cover plate to find the cause of all my leaking water problems....!!! totally corroded though the ali plate at the area where the oil cooler pipes come through.....!!!

i'll post pictures later...

Blimey, signs of a coolant system with little or no antifreeze then!

[Nickffc]

you would think....? i'v had the car about two years and has always had anti freeze...?

it looks like the crud on the plate has been keeping the system sealed....till now...?

maybe the recent cold weather was just to much for it... we have been loosing a little water over the last few weeks....

just off to the dealers to get a cover plate....but they dont have the 'O' rings....!!!! so i'll be hunting around like mad so i can get this done today, my try a saab dealer as they use the same engine in one of there models....!

[Marks DTM Calib]

You could always re-use the O rings with some grey sealent added.

Surprised you can get the cover plate!

[Nickffc]

£15 + vat for the cover plate...

got the bajo rings.... just need the oil cooler to cover plate rings....

[Chris_H]

I replaced the inlet gaskets as a matter of course but they are expensive and I think the old ones were fine.
If I were you I'd re-use.

Oil cooler seal is just silicone sealant and is a common place for a leak.  A pain to do in my view as the oil pipes need slackening off by the filter and even then, it's difficult to replace the oil cooler mounting plate without damaging/spreading the sealant trace.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Its not just silicon sealent at all!

Its a special loctite sealent which is pressure, heat, water, anti freeze and oil tolerant!

The inlet gaskets will be fine though  

[Nickffc]

so..... while trying to get the thermostat out....i....err........broke the transfer pipe bracket thing....!!! so i then had to try to get the pipe off.... out came the hammer and chisel......sealed every hole that any bits of pipe could go and carefully SMASHED THE opps OUT OF THE GOD DAMM PIPE....!!!!!......

actually got a pretty good clean break..? inspecting the transfer pipe there was no way in hell that i was going to get it off any other way... it was full of crap round the seal and welded tight...

third time visit to the dealers and got the transfer pipe £11 inc

just a matter of putting everything back

oil cooler and plate back on
water bridge in
thermostat and transfer pipe in
black inlet flange in
inlet manifold in....

just leaves plenum and pipes
refill cooling system
flush system, fit new oil filter and fill with oil

fingers crossed i get everything connected the right way round...?

i'll do the rest in the week after work....

gonna have a beer now and sort some pictures to post here....

[hotel21]

so..... while trying to get the thermostat out....i....err........broke the transfer pipe bracket thing....!!! so i then had to try to get the pipe off.... out came the hammer and chisel......sealed every hole that any bits of pipe could go and carefully SMASHED THE opps OUT OF THE GOD DAMM PIPE....!!!!!......

actually got a pretty good clean break..? inspecting the transfer pipe there was no way in hell that i was going to get it off any other way... it was full of crap round the seal and welded tight...

third time visit to the dealers and got the transfer pipe £11 inc

just a matter of putting everything back

oil cooler and plate back on
water bridge in
thermostat and transfer pipe in
black inlet flange in
inlet manifold in....

just leaves plenum and pipes
refill cooling system
flush system, fit new oil filter and fill with oil

fingers crossed i get everything connected the right way round...?

i'll do the rest in the week after work....

gonna have a beer now and sort some pictures to post here....

saying break all......



..... other than....



Told Ya!!  

When I broke Kates one at Timbucks, luckily Martin (Issunaz) had a spare in his Fiesta van and we got it sorted.  Kates was full of crud round the O ring as well.....  

[Nickffc]

cruddy top of engine....



cruddy oil cooler and plate



eeekkk!!!



after cleaning...holes....!!! i think the crud was keeping the water system sealed...?



wrong washers....! how the heck did these work??



this was the stud that held the dipstick and coolant transfer pipe...?...should of been a tork bolt....