Oil cooler leak 1HZ

[Tez]

Looking at "worst scenario"... replacing gasket...good book suggests removing injection pump and so on...is it possible to manouvre cover with cooler attached in order to replace gasket

 

[roscoFJ73]

Its going to be difficult either way but removing it with the pump in place looks to be the greater of 2 evils

 

[Tez]

Thanks... you've boosted my confidence ..guess...all can do is try n see.The lesser the evil the better...cheers

 

[roscoFJ73]

Its those 3-4 bolts along the bottom of the cooler that look difficult. You could get underneath and just see if you can reach them with a spanner.

 

[Tez]

Yea will be tricky ...moreso is once covers undone and with the cooler attached can it be withdrawn past the injector pipes (...wishing not to seperate cooler ) thank you

 

[Tez]

Its those 3-4 bolts along the bottom of the cooler that look difficult. You could get underneath and just see if you can reach them with a spanner.

 

[roscoFJ73]

and with the cooler attached can it be withdrawn past the injector pipes

Oh yes, it may have to come out an inch or 2 because of the cooling pipes. Im starting to think you should be looking for a good puller

 

[franklin40]

thread revival. i have my pump off for rebuild. looks like i have quite a bit of oil on the undersurface of the oil cooler and wonder if this is my source of leak. i’ve never pulled one of these off. do i need to drain the block of antifreeze to do this? there is a coolant line to the injector pump that comes right off the side. i don’t want to pull it and have all my coolant on my floor. would rather it end up in a bucket. the oil above i think is just drip down from trying to fill in the wind with no funnel!

 

[franklin40]

further to the above post i gather that this cover is actually coolant behind it and not oil. i don’t have oil in the coolant so i think my oil cooler is fine. i’m just trying to track where this oil leak is coming from