knobby1 wrote:Broomlagoon wrote:Brilliant I reckon I’m ready to rock and roll when the part arrives
Thank you Ned and knobby1 for all your help
As Ned mentions, loosen the oil pressure switch first as they're a pig to do if you don't have a way to hold the assembly when it's off the engine..... the new coolers with the metal oil filter don't come with new bolts either...you may find one or two bolts will be too short depending on the make of the unit, (most are Chinese), just a matter fo getting a couple from your local bolt place to suit. I have one fitted on my 2.4 and it works fine.
Lord Knobrot
I found out the hard way about the pressure switch lol that’s why it took me an hour, had to clamp the old cooler in the vice to get the switch out, iirc there are 2 long and 1 short bolt, using the old bolts it was a straight swap.
Tip use a bit of thread lock on the pressure switch to stop it leaking a bit.
You’ll need 7L of oil as well as 6L of coolant (after you have flushed the cooling system) I used Prestone green coolant/antifreeze from toolstation.
Also take a note of the numbers on the spin on filter for future reference.