Has anyone successfully fitted one. I've been looking at the pics on line and it seems like the orientation of the pipe connectors boss is wrong. The aftermarket units have the hold down bolts pretty much running down the centre line of the cooler rather than offset on the original. I think this would put a lot of strain on the cooler hoses.

Any thoughts?


Original.


Aftermarket

 

I don't remove the lines very often but the one's I have in my spares pile have 'swivel' type hold downs that can be oriented any way needed.
The 'oval' hold downs are separate from the pipes.

 

Ahh, so this part swivels, I can't remember if that was the case on mine or if they were just a bit sized.

 

I checked mine this afternoon and no sign of movement, even with heat and the persuader, after 23 years together they don't want to be separated.

Looks like I will have to go for an OEM oil cooler.

 

If you are set on getting an aftermarket cooler why not just use new lines as well that you fabricate ?

I might have missed it ; what is wrong with the existing oil cooler ?

Z

 

While you are there I would ditch the oil cooler and the oil lines and repalce them all with new ones, would be a lot cheaper. And mor reliable.

 

It's leaking.

 

Just found this aftermarket one. I called them and asked about the boss orientation, they said theirs is identical to the original and that it's not a "stock" picture. They said it was in fact manufactured by the original Jag supplier. Just not Jag branded. Not cheap but still a lot less the the Jag branded ones.

 

That’s pretty rare, usually the lines give up first.

Best of luck with the replacement you’ve found. I know many here will be interested in hearing how the installation went.

Z

 

I forget if these lines I have are 4.0 or 4.2 but this is the spare set I have.
Don't know if Jaguar changed lines at some point?

 

Mine are probably the same but seized with time, corrosion and grime.

 

The Berkshire Jags aftermarket unit looks pretty good. I'll get it fitted tomorrow. It was about £200 Inc shipping and tax.

 

Good luck and keep us posted....

 

The rubber mounts I had to hand are larger than the original so I drilled a couple of extra holes in the cooler and support bar.





Fitted together.





New O rings.



I topped the new cooler off with oil and refitted. Job done.

 

Looking very good.

how old are your lines , sorry if I missed that .


I’ve replaced my lines twice

I replaced the first non leaking set out of an abundance of caution after reading that they have a 10 year lifespan at best. They were the original lines, about 18 years old at that point .

But after 3 years one of the new lines blew out at the crimp. Lost 7.75 quarts in about 2 minutes judging from : the length of the oil slick trail it made (1 2/3 miles multiplied by (the speed I was going: 75 mph divided by 60 minutes in an hour = 1.25 miles per minute) .

So 1.666 miles (length of oil slick) x 1.25 miles per minute = 2.0825 minutes it took to completely lose 7.75 quarts of very freshly changed Mobil 1 0w-40.

That hurt.

But I got the engine turned off before any damage was done.

i had sourced the new lines from SNG Barratt and frankly was shocked they didn’t last longer…..

the point being, I think it’s prudent to examine all the crimps at every fill up (at a minimum). Any sign of seepage is a STOP DON’T GO warning not to drive the car until the line is changed.


Z

 

Is your math right? Shouldn't that be 1.666 miles ÷ 1.25 miles/min =1.33 min or 1 minute 20 seconds? Not a lot of time anyway you do it.

I'll have to have a look at my probably still original hoses....

 

Math is all numbers, probably have it backwards .

if you have the original hoses, or don’t know how old they are, the smart money on the forum says replace & don’t wait for a failure.

i was lucky to have mine blow close to home.

Z