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[chrisgixer]

You notice it's the 3.2 owners that express suprise at agro with bastward bolt.

Had the superior 3.0L aswell

Which is much more fiddly.

[Webby the Bear]

mine being a 2.5 only has the one bolt in that area I think

[chrisgixer]

mine being a 2.5 only has the one bolt in that area I think

Indeed.

[Toledodude1973]

i found separating the pipe from the thermo the hard bit,so much better this time of year it actually demists now

[chrisgixer]

mine being a 2.5 only has the one bolt in that area I think

Indeed.

The guide is based on the 3.2 and shows two bolts. This means the b bolt holds less items, and is therefore easier, and hence superior of course, to refit the bolt.

Where as the 2.5 and 3.0 have all the components on one bolt. Lifting eye, dip stick bracket, ac pipe bracket, and transfer pipe all on one bolt.....you have to line up 4 components, get the bolt in unsighted, at the right angle with you wrist bent back double, and do so without dropping it never to be seen again if lands in the ac bravket below.

Oh, and lifting eye has to be on its peg as well.  So, pre face lift inferior. Face lift superior. 

NEEEXT...!

[05omegav6]

Refitting only took 5mins on The Bullet when we failed to remove the dipstick iirc

[chrisgixer]

Refitting only took 5mins on The Bullet when we failed to remove the dipstick iirc

Oh you remember wrongly. So wrongly. Probably because you didn't do it. I bloody did, even though his nibs rekons he did it. As in the royal "I" as you mentioned before.

[amba]

Slight cheat I found doing the job on my 3.2 which I found more fiddly than my older 2.5.

If you open up the hole on the engine lifting eye with a 10mm drill the bolt then has less of an accurate path to find being at the unhuman angle and position your wrist needs to be in.When I eventually gave up and resorted to open up the hole a tad it took less than a few minutes to locate and put it all back together.Doudt it makes any real difference to the strength of the lifting eye as cant ever see engine being removed now due to age/costs etc

[Marks DTM Calib]

The guide is based on the 3.2 and shows two bolts. This means the b bolt holds less items, and is therefore easier, and hence superior of course, to refit the bolt.

Where as the 2.5 and 3.0 have all the components on one bolt. Lifting eye, dip stick bracket, ac pipe bracket, and transfer pipe all on one bolt.....you have to line up 4 components, get the bolt in unsighted, at the right angle with you wrist bent back double, and do so without dropping it never to be seen again if lands in the ac bravket below.

Oh, and lifting eye has to be on its peg as well.  So, pre face lift inferior. Face lift superior. 

NEEEXT...!

No they don't and never have, the AC bracket is bolted to the front cam cap on the 2-4-6 bank exhaust cam.

The 2.5 and 3.0 have the lifting eye, dip stick bracket and transfer pipe bracket in that order. 

From memory......the same as the 2.6-3.2

The only slight variation is the 2.6/3.2 2002 onwards have a different PS pump which makes access slightly easier.

[omega3000]

Slight cheat I found doing the job on my 3.2 which I found more fiddly than my older 2.5.

If you open up the hole on the engine lifting eye with a 10mm drill the bolt then has less of an accurate path to find being at the unhuman angle and position your wrist needs to be in.When I eventually gave up and resorted to open up the hole a tad it took less than a few minutes to locate and put it all back together.Doudt it makes any real difference to the strength of the lifting eye as cant ever see engine being removed now due to age/costs etc

Good idea 

[JamesV6CDX]

Ps, should i add some sealant to the new o rings?

Iirc, you don't have to BUT pinky smeared a little of the gray sealant on when he did mine a couple of years ago 

You'd be far better with a thin wipe of grease...

[Marks DTM Calib]

Grease is not to be used......as it attacks rubber. 

[Andy B]

Grease is not to be used......as it attacks rubber. 

is that all flavours of grease? 

[andyc]

I use Red Rubber Grease as it will not swell the rubber like normal LM grease

Andy

[Webby the Bear]

I have silicone paste so it's all good