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[bighed]

Well, 5 1/2 hours later my drivers exhaust manifold is still not done. Luckly the bloke helping me, works at my place and im on the same shift as him, so had a lift this morning. All the manifold studs and heat shield bolts came out sweet as a nut. The pig is the stainless steel coolant pipe that runs from front to the back of the block. You cannot see where it has to sit, going back on as all the pipes and wires are in the way. So at quarter to 11 last night we decided to call it a day as we were cold, tired, hungry and hurting after hanging over the engine for god knows how long. Oh and before we slung the pipe!! There seems to be (cant see but can feel) a metal pipe of some description which seems to overlap the place that the coolant pipe should fix to.  :-/

Any help with getting this $*!"+*$ of a thing back on would be great  

[Elite Pete]

Remove the coolant bridge but get new washers for it.

[Christian]

Unlucky mate it will be done soon, on a possitive note my cambelt kit is done.  


You will get it done at last though mate, that noise has been pissing you off for a while!

[Marks DTM Calib]

SO....you got the pipe out but cant get it in?

Have you removed all the rubber hoses associated with the bypass valve etc?

I suspect the pipes your talking about are the oil cooler pipes.

Interestingly, this is the one bit I dont find to hard!

[bighed]

Yeah all pipes for hbv are out the way. ( hbv is out) Were strugglin our ass's off  

[Marks DTM Calib]

Yeah all pipes for hbv are out the way. ( hbv is out) Were strugglin our ass's off  

Well the pipe in question just mates to the rear of the block using two bolts and an O ring inserted into the pipe (make sure the old Or ing is removed as they sometimes stick to the block)

Fit the lower bolt on the drivers side first adn leave slightly loose and then fit the harder to get at bolt....often a 1/4 inch hex socket (find the right size hex to fit the torx head) makes access past the cooler pipes a bit easier

[Elite Pete]

Yeah all pipes for hbv are out the way. ( hbv is out) Were strugglin our ass's off  

Well the pipe in question just mates to the rear of the block using two bolts and an O ring inserted into the pipe (make sure the old Or ing is removed as they sometimes stick to the block)

Fit the lower bolt on the drivers side first adn leave slightly loose and then fit the harder to get at bolt....often a 1/4 inch hex socket (find the right size hex to fit the torx head) makes access past the cooler pipes a bit easier

And the new O ring is still inplace before you reassemble

[Marks DTM Calib]

Nothinga  dab of sealent wont fix.....the look on your face that day was a picture!

[Jimbob]

Nothinga  dab of sealent wont fix.....the look on your face that day was a picture!

Was that the exasperated look on the realisation he needed to strip it down again  

[Elite Pete]

That was the look of trying to calm the nuclear explosion that had gone off in my head and not let it reach my hammer holding hand, as much as a severly smashed up Omega estate might have made me feel soooooo much better, it would have cost me a fortune and a good beating from the wife

[Elite Pete]

Funny thing was, it was stripped, O ring found and replaced and put back together in a couple of hours

[bighed]

Nothinga  dab of sealent wont fix.....the look on your face that day was a picture!

yep have put sealant on it, thanks  

[Christian]

Shouldnt sound like a Tank when i next see it then  

[bighed]

No mate and with the cam gasket being done again and new belt and tensioners she will be sweet as a nut  

As to coolant pipe I will be attacking it again tonight about half 5 so hopefully, being fresh faced, warm fed and watered it should all come together  

[Christian]

Get Jack on it mate