Oil change and crusty coolant pipes

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Pinkfoot
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Oil change and crusty coolant pipes

Post by Pinkfoot » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:53 pm

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Took about 2.5 hours all told and was easy.
Hardest part is the under tray.
It's a bit fiddly but not difficult.
If anyone knows the size of the coolant pipes ,I would like to know as we will replace the bad bits with rubber/silicon and probably get some metal one fabricated at a later date.

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Re: Oil change and crusty coolant pipes

Post by WooshNI » Mon Sep 30, 2019 6:36 am

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Re: Oil change and crusty coolant pipes

Post by Pinkfoot » Sun Oct 27, 2019 4:50 pm

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Sorted the coolant pipes today.
Took around three hours

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Re: Oil change and crusty coolant pipes

Post by Pinkfoot » Sun Oct 27, 2019 5:05 pm

For some reason I cant load the rest of the pictures .
We replaced the pipes with silicon hose and then spiral plastic hydraulic hose protector.

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Re: Oil change and crusty coolant pipes

Post by Albigularis » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:38 pm

Pinkfoot wrote:
Sun Oct 27, 2019 5:05 pm
For some reason I cant load the rest of the pictures .
We replaced the pipes with silicon hose and then spiral plastic hydraulic hose protector.
Try upload them onto imgur or something and then share the link here, I would love to see them :thumbs:

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Re: Oil change and crusty coolant pipes

Post by WooshNI » Tue Nov 19, 2019 7:48 am

Any problems with airlocks in the cooling system?

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Re: Oil change and crusty coolant pipes

Post by Pinkfoot » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:42 am

Filled it up with coolant ,let it idle for a while and then took it for a run.
Temp started to rise so switched off for a few minutes ,fired her up again and back to normal.

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Re: Oil change and crusty coolant pipes

Post by c3nturi0n » Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:58 am

Great work... now you are good with at least 7+ years of worry free motoring on coolant side of things.

While you are doing the job, check the state of your rads as they tend to start deteriorating after 10 or so years.
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