Oil Cooler Condition

[Markie]

aaaaaargh

starting to hate this engine, theres just so little room to move.

Canister encased oil filter........what sort of magic trick in the toolbox removes this?

Theres a 24mm bolt at the front with an indentation similar to that of vectra oil sump where i use a t35 but none of these seem to do the trick...someone has mentioned an allen key ??... :-/

[Matchless]

I assume the cap has been overtightened and wont budge.

Use a 24mm socket with a breaker bar or T bar, try to counterhold the body with a strap wrench. Apply load to the bar then hit the end with a hammer, hopefully the shock will unstick the cap.

Sometimes the whole filter body comes loose from the block b4 the cap moves. If this happens then pull the body away from the block as you turn it and with luck the fastening bolt will unsecrew from the block. You then have to use heat / vice / strapwrench etc to separate cap from body. You will need a now seal for the body-block joint.

Dont use an open-ended spanner on the oil pipe flare nuts, you will squash the nuts and have problems refitting them. Buy or borrow a 19mm crowsfoot socket. You can use a flare nut spanner but you will need one which has the end slightly cranked wrt the shaft....straight spanners wont do.

[Markie]

ok been around Glasgows finest motoring shops ( ha ha ) cant find anything that i need....would either of these products do ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brake-Pipe-Flare-Nut-Spanner-Tool-Set-Metric-Flaring_W0QQitemZ150079833595QQihZ005QQcategoryZ30917QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-8-DRIVE-CROWFOOT-CROWS-FOOT-TOOL-SPANNER-SET_W0QQitemZ150079342351QQihZ005QQcategoryZ30917QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

thanks!!

[Markie]

I assume the cap has been overtightened and wont budge.

Use a 24mm socket with a breaker bar or T bar, try to counterhold the body with a strap wrench. Apply load to the bar then hit the end with a hammer, hopefully the shock will unstick the cap.

Sometimes the whole filter body comes loose from the block b4 the cap moves. If this happens then pull the body away from the block as you turn it and with luck the fastening bolt will unsecrew from the block. You then have to use heat / vice / strapwrench etc to separate cap from body. You will need a now seal for the body-block joint.

Dont use an open-ended spanner on the oil pipe flare nuts, you will squash the nuts and have problems refitting them. Buy or borrow a 19mm crowsfoot socket. You can use a flare nut spanner but you will need one which has the end slightly cranked wrt the shaft....straight spanners wont do.

never a truer word said......spend ALL day on this and cant stop the whole bloody thing moving......theres so little space under there.

I am just about to give up on this. Clearly over tightened ( air tools?) at last service  

[Paul M]

Ouch... another one of those designs where you wonder why they changed something that worked perfectly well. With my first oil change on the Omega the filter wouldn't budge even with a filter wrench, so after about 10 mins I lost patience and hammered a screwdriver through it, job done. I'm really glad I don't have this wonderful new design!

Good luck with it mate, if you need a hand with anything drop me a line and I may be around. Doesn't sound like the kind of job where an extra pair of hands will make any difference though .

[Markie]

Ouch... another one of those designs where you wonder why they changed something that worked perfectly well. With my first oil change on the Omega the filter wouldn't budge even with a filter wrench, so after about 10 mins I lost patience and hammered a screwdriver through it, job done. I'm really glad I don't have this wonderful new design!

Good luck with it mate, if you need a hand with anything drop me a line and I may be around. Doesn't sound like the kind of job where an extra pair of hands will make any difference though .

thanks mate   your right though another pair of hands is appreciated but theres no space for them.

They really shoehorned that engine and thats the real battle. I need to get a different oil wrench and try to "snap" the casing by turning both parts different way.....maybe one day soon  :-/