I'm doing a bit of maintenance on the 2.6, got TB to do, and as I'm doing this (4 Years are up, not done 40k since last change) I've decided to change the condenser as, while there's no evidence of leaks all the fins are falling out of it, and I think the cooling performance isn't the best it could be.
While I'm in there I'm going to do all the rocker gaskets, thermostat, clean out the breathers and whatever else I find within reason. I'm wondering about a few things though, the inlet manifold gaskets seals, are they worth changing now, as they looked a little oily, probably oil floating about the inlet manifold, I'm thinking it might have leaked out as I removed the manifold but can't be sure.
My biggest question though is the oil cooler, I was looking at maybe is it worth changing now, do they fail that often or are they only once in a blue moon type failures, at much higher miles (I'm about 87k) granted I looked at the cost, nearly 400 bucks for an original vx one. Are they easy enough to check. I've got the inlet off and can't see any sign of it yet, is it under the lower section between the V?
Also is it worth changing the crank oil seal, no sign of leaks mind you but I'm just wondering if it starts leaking a year or so later, I'm taking all this shit out again just for a silly seal.
This, and what else might I be worth changing/checking while I'm in there.
Cheers
Andrew