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[gbh]

I've just read James informative guide to changing oil cooler and he mentions putting new washers on pipes,so to get them in early before i start the job apart from a new oil cooler what other bits and bobs will i require?Thanks Glenn

[zirk]

Grey Sealant.

[TheBoy]

New dowty washers for coolant bridge.

May be worth new cover (which comes with oil cooler kit), and you'll need grey sealant.

[tigers_gonads]

Make sure you have the spanners to move the oil cooler pipes out of the way so you can get the knackered one out of the block 

The pipes just don't like been bent out of the way 
Trust me 

[kevinp58]

Grey Sealant.

Make sure you leave the coolant out  after you have used the grey sealant for about 24 hours. to set 

[gbh]

Crows foot spanner really necessary? Dowty washers what are those?

[Andy B]

....... Dowty washers what are those?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dowty+washers 

[Steve B]

....... Dowty washers what are those?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dowty+washers 

[BazaJT]

Oil cooler comes as a kit,with cover plate and seals/washers/nuts to hold cooler to plate.Don't think they're available separately any more.
Grey sealant.
Washers[4] for the banjo[?] bolts that pass through cooler pipes into cooler.
Dowty washers for coolant bridge.
New oil filter-which I suppose depends on whether you want to put a new one on but as it has to be removed to do oil cooler seems silly to skimp on new one.

[TheBoy]

Crows foot spanner really necessary?

Yeah, sadly

[gbh]

Well i started yesterday and it all was going well until getting the oil filter base and pipes off.As i didn't have a 12mm hex i spent some time in my neighbours garage/shed eventually found a socket with torx that fitted,then the oil pipes right hand easy, left hand had to cut a spanner down.So after a lot of struggling almost there,now how to prise off the oil cooler plate could i tap a small screwdriver under it?? After that well just reordering i suppose is there a list of washers required and are they VX only?

[amba]

Just use a thin scraper/putty knife to break seal between cooler and block as you dont want to damge surface.

I ordered coolant bridge dowty washer from GM,but assume your oil cooler kit came with washers for bolts. Dont get the cooler hallow bolts and oil cooler bolts mixed up as they are a very slightly different length. and remember you need 4 for the coolant bridge.

[gbh]

Its off with great difficulty,those oil pipes don't move very much making everything doubly hard.Didn't have a 30mm socket and with lack of pipe movement would be hard to use,so went for a big adjustable spanner and a bar and off they came.What a mess the oil is spent some time trying to flush it out,like working on a sewage farm.What was interesting is that the cooler plate didn't have a gasket but the grey sealant is that original?

[zirk]

Its off with great difficulty,those oil pipes don't move very much making everything doubly hard.Didn't have a 30mm socket and with lack of pipe movement would be hard to use,so went for a big adjustable spanner and a bar and off they came.What a mess the oil is spent some time trying to flush it out,like working on a sewage farm.What was interesting is that the cooler plate didn't have a gasket but the grey sealant is that original?

Yep.

[gbh]

Oh that's good to know on such a low mileage car 48000.I see Courtenay sport are doing the oil cooler kit for £140 with washers does that seem a reasonable price?