Bife
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All was going well. Looked like an easy job
Until I got to the (already, I might add!) rounded off 13 mm starter motor bolt
Managed to get the only 1/2" spanner I have on it but its an open ender so didnt work.
Bugger
Now trying without taking starter off. Have a 40 torx that might work but it seems like those bits have 1/4" allen key ends and i have no imperial spanners and cant get socket on it
Here we go
Will try with adjustables.
Other two oil cooler bolts werent overtight (not surprising as oil cooler is ally)
Nope
Modifying open ended 6 mm spanner to be 1/4" with file
That broke
Cut off remains of open end of 6mm spanner and vice pressed ring end onto 40 mm Torx bit
Then unserted a 10 mm long socket plus extension over end of cut off spanner and used large flat screwdriver between end of torx bit and starter to avoid rounding off torx bolt via bit coming out of bolt
Ta-da!
The mating face of the cooler is a bit corroded with raised 'frosting' and I reckon this has allowed oil through to the water channel via the gasket (But this must mean that oil pressure here is higher than water pressure as there was no water in oil, only loads of oil in water - I would have expected water pressure to be higher)
But, since I have both gaskets I will push on and take the oil filter/cooler adapter off of block and replace that gasket too (although I also am tempted to leave well alone ....)
Let's see how that goes
Without the rounded off top starter motor bolt, it would have been a sinch
One thing I did see was that the inlet 'ports' behind the manifold, and manifold are very crudded up with softish crumbly oily desposit - so that's why it smokes on startup. I will see if I clean them out or not (Car was working before). Is this due to EGR valve?
Until I got to the (already, I might add!) rounded off 13 mm starter motor bolt
Managed to get the only 1/2" spanner I have on it but its an open ender so didnt work.
Bugger
Now trying without taking starter off. Have a 40 torx that might work but it seems like those bits have 1/4" allen key ends and i have no imperial spanners and cant get socket on it
Here we go
Will try with adjustables.
Other two oil cooler bolts werent overtight (not surprising as oil cooler is ally)
Nope
Modifying open ended 6 mm spanner to be 1/4" with file
That broke
Cut off remains of open end of 6mm spanner and vice pressed ring end onto 40 mm Torx bit
Then unserted a 10 mm long socket plus extension over end of cut off spanner and used large flat screwdriver between end of torx bit and starter to avoid rounding off torx bolt via bit coming out of bolt
Ta-da!
The mating face of the cooler is a bit corroded with raised 'frosting' and I reckon this has allowed oil through to the water channel via the gasket (But this must mean that oil pressure here is higher than water pressure as there was no water in oil, only loads of oil in water - I would have expected water pressure to be higher)
But, since I have both gaskets I will push on and take the oil filter/cooler adapter off of block and replace that gasket too (although I also am tempted to leave well alone ....)
Let's see how that goes
Without the rounded off top starter motor bolt, it would have been a sinch
One thing I did see was that the inlet 'ports' behind the manifold, and manifold are very crudded up with softish crumbly oily desposit - so that's why it smokes on startup. I will see if I clean them out or not (Car was working before). Is this due to EGR valve?