Anyone out there parting a jaguar s type r? I’m new to this forum so sorry if it’s in the wrong place. I have a 2005 jaguar s type r and my right side engine oil cooler got a hole in it. I know the left and right side are interchangeable. Does anyone have one or are they parting one out? I don’t want to buy a new one for 600 unless that’s the last option. I believe 04-08 can use the same one. Not 100% sure but that’s what I read

 

Just to clarify . You are saying oil cooler but describing an intercooler .
also 02-03-04 are different to 05 onwards .

 

I’m saying oil cooler because that’s what’s on top of the part. That’s also what the parts catalog refers to it as. It does not list it as intercooler but rather oil cooler which again is what’s on top of the part “Oxford oil cooler” Part number is xr857531 and when you search that up it brings up an oil cooler for 04-08 models. My part as hit by some road debris but luckily no oil came out until it was parked right at the shop.

 

That's clarifying?

 

I think the OP may well be correctly describing the item.

Any car breaker (we say scrap yard or scrappie/scrappy) can probably sell you one if they have a suitable year STR (basically 2005-on, but not 2004 etc like mine as it has the original (single) one in the centre).

The online parts places will have the part #.

 

No sorry . Should have been a question mark .
i have seen several times mentioned - the 05 on STRs dropped the fog lights for to fit the intercoolers left and right .
rather than the centrally mounted as on the early STRs. To free up air flow to the main radiator .
must mean oil coolers . I have not seen one up close my self . Sorry for any confusion .

 

Frankly, the plumbing up front for all of this on MY 05 and up is a nightmare. The oil cooler lines start leaking quite prematurely. As do the tranny cooler lines up near the integral radiator. But those I was able to modify in place so that hose portion is now much longer so as to relieve the stress on the fittings attachment to the heat exchanger and the pipes. With oil coolers I went with a replacement OEM because with everything criss crosses up there it's a nightmare to engineer a better piece WO something possibly rubbing. I wanted to weld AN style fittings on the ends of the aluminum pipes and go to push lock hose and I may do that if they fail again but that looked very difficult to me. The engine compartment in these cars is a real challenge.

 

You could remove the cooler and have a hydraulic hose made to take it's place and still drive the car while figuring out your options......the cooler might even be repairable....it is just a small ,beefed up radiator, or more exactly, heat exchanger

 

Are you familiar with the hoses/pipes and coolers on a 2005+ STR? Everything is of a bespoke design and making connections would require some substantial fabrication.

Personally I wouldn't put a used oil cooler on a car of mine because you don't know what is inside that thing and lubrication is quite the critical part of an engine. I've not heard good things about being able to clean them properly either.

 

Yes i have an 06 str....it is not as bad as it looks, i have been under there many times ....and my car model is in my signature.....I was only giving the Op an option if he wanted to drive the car while he found other repair options.... and to make a connection hose all I would do is take the old oil cooler down to the hydraulic hose shop and tell him I want a hose that will connect with those fittings.....I did it many times before when I used to work on trucks and tractors that have all kinds of oil coolers.... And they are repairable I've done that many times before with no problems.... I guess the big thing is having a good hydraulic shop at your disposal. I live in a ag community so if you don't have a hydraulic shop available then it would get dicey....and I've been under that car so much when I did the radiator and transmission line repairs that I'm used to seeing that mangle of hoses and lines and everything under there so it doesn't surprise me anymore

 

Well no it's not in your signature otherwise I wouldn't have asked. Show me where?
I wouldn't bother to go to any hose shop as there's nothing standard at all about those connections.

 

Due to the size of the oil coolers and there being 2 of them my mechanic is going to bypass one temporarily until my universal one comes in around roughly the same size. I located the part but it’s about 600 bucks where even the shop doesn’t think I should spend that much. Instead I believe they’re going to use 2 universal ones and mount them with some basic hoses. They do weld and fabricate so I’m not concerned as they fixed the cooling issue on my sc Mercedes. They attempted to clean the cooler with a solvent and weld but even then the weld didn’t take because part of the leak is in the inside where it’s too hard to get the weld to sit. It’s not pouring out but still a light seeping. I will report back to everyone once I get the car and run it to see how well it stays cool.

 

Have them use much more hose than the OEM ones do, With more hose you'll have less stress on where the hose connects to the fittings. That's where the OEM ones begin to weep. Pushlock hose and fittings work great. Be mindful about how they route it though. There's just so much "stuff" in the front of these cars.